For the boy, it all ended in a scare.
Police said the child’s 31-year-old mother was home at the time of the incident. Law enforcement officers are conducting an investigation, based on the results of which they will make a decision on the possible liability of the parents.
Children and guns: tragic cases
Similar incidents have happened before. In August 2025, near Kyiv, a 7-year-old boy shot and killed a neighbor’s girl while playing with a hunting rifle that was lying in the open. In 2021, in Zhytomyr region, an 11-year-old boy was shot with a gun from an air rifle, shot by his 13-year-old friend.
The Informant also wrote about how an 8-year-old boy was hospitalized in Kryvyi Rih with a wound. As it turned out, a friend shot him with an air rifle while having fun. The child was hospitalized. These tragedies once again emphasize the need for strict control over the storage of weapons and teaching children safety rules.
For the boy, it all ended in a scare.
Police said the child’s 31-year-old mother was home at the time of the incident. Law enforcement officers are conducting an investigation, based on the results of which they will make a decision on the possible liability of the parents.
Children and guns: tragic cases
Similar incidents have happened before. In August 2025, near Kyiv, a 7-year-old boy shot and killed a neighbor’s girl while playing with a hunting rifle that was lying in the open. In 2021, in Zhytomyr region, an 11-year-old boy was shot with a gun from an air rifle, shot by his 13-year-old friend.
The Informant also wrote about how an 8-year-old boy was hospitalized in Kryvyi Rih with a wound. As it turned out, a friend shot him with an air rifle while having fun. The child was hospitalized. These tragedies once again emphasize the need for strict control over the storage of weapons and teaching children safety rules.
For the boy, it all ended in a scare.
Police said the child’s 31-year-old mother was home at the time of the incident. Law enforcement officers are conducting an investigation, based on the results of which they will make a decision on the possible liability of the parents.
Similar incidents have happened before. In August 2025, near Kyiv, a 7-year-old boy shot and killed a neighbor’s girl while playing with a hunting rifle that was lying in the open. In 2021, in Zhytomyr region, an 11-year-old boy was shot with a gun from an air rifle, shot by his 13-year-old friend.
The Informant also wrote about how an 8-year-old boy was hospitalized in Kryvyi Rih with a wound. As it turned out, a friend shot him with an air rifle while having fun. The child was hospitalized. These tragedies once again emphasize the need for strict control over the storage of weapons and teaching children safety rules.
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