Fatal shooting deaths among children and teens continue to climb this year amid a series of recent gun violence incidents involving youths. The tally of injured includes 515 children and 3,025 teens. Here are some of the recent gun violence incidents involving children and teens.
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Steve Prezant/Getty Images(NEW YORK) Fatal shooting deaths among children and teens continue to climb this year amid a series of recent gun violence incidents involving youths.
So far this year, 229 children under the age of 11 and 1,082 teenagers have been killed by gun violence, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
The tally of injured includes 515 children and 3,025 teens.
A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed while in the car with his mother and brother in Cleveland, Ohio, authorities said.
An adult man who was not in the car was also shot in the Thursday afternoon incident and he suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Cleveland police said.
Several persons of interest have been detained, police said Friday. The investigation is ongoing, police said.
Three teens who were killed in a Sept. 24 shooting in Columbia, South Carolina, have been identified as 16-year-old Jakobe Fanning, 17-year-old Dre’Von Riley and 16-year-old Caleb Wise, the sheriff s office said.
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