3-Year-Old South Carolina Boy Killed While Playing With Gun

On February 1, 2013, a 3-year-old boy is accidentally shot in the head and dies while playing with a handgun with his 7-year-old sister in their home in Greenville, South Carolina.

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13-Year-Old Michigan Girl Killed By Her 14-Year-Old Brother

On February 2, 2013, a 14-year-old boy accidentally shoots and kills his sister with the family shotgun in Ovid Township, Michigan.

The weapon is legally owned.

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Alabama Gun Owner Kills School Bus Driver, Kidnaps Child

On January 29, 2013, a 65-year-old man kidnaps a 5-year-old boy after fatally shooting a school bus driver in Midland City, Alabama.

On February 4, 2013, authorities storm the killer’s bunker, free the boy and shoot the killer to death after a week of fruitless negotiations.

The killer had beaten a neighbor’s dog to death with a pipe, and patrolled his property with a gun, ready to “shoot trespassers.” Despite all this, he was licensed to own a weapon.

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"American Sniper” Author and Another Are Shot Dead at Texas Gun Range

On February 2, 2013, a 25-year-old military veteran allegedly kills two veterans at a gun range in Glen Rose, Texas. Both victims were armed and one of them was the former Navy SEAL who wrote the autobiography “American Sniper,” which recounts his record number of kills while serving.

The suspected murderer appears to have been mentally ill, and had threatened suicide. Despite this, he was licensed to own a weapon.

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Phoenix Man Shoots Three Before Killing Self

On January 30, 2013, a 70-year-old man kills one and injures two others over a lawsuit, in an office building in Phoenix, Arizona.

On January 31, he is found dead, apparently from a self-inflicted wound.

He appears to have been licensed to own a weapon.

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