{"id":139243,"date":"2025-08-12T08:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/139243\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:51:25","slug":"teen-arrested-after-7-year-old-brother-accidentally-shoots-self-on-jacksonvilles-northside-jso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/139243\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen arrested after 7-year-old brother accidentally shoots self on Jacksonville\u2019s Northside: JSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JSOPIO\/status\/1954973265228861742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JSOPIO\/status\/1954973265228861742\"> announced the arrest of a 16-year-old on Monday <\/a>after his 7-year-old brother accidentally shot himself less than one week ago with a gun that had been in his older brother\u2019s bedroom.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udfd5-\ud835\udc18\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b-\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2d<br \/>Officers have arrested a 16-year-old male for an accidental shooting that injured his 7-year-old brother. The teen is charged with culpable negligence and tampering with evidence related to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>On August\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t2EVDBlKL0\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/t2EVDBlKL0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jax Sheriff&#8217;s Office (@JSOPIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSOPIO\/status\/1954973265228861742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said the teen was arrested and booked into the Duval County Jail one day after attempting to hide the gun, which his parents were unaware of. He faces charges of culpable negligence and tampering with evidence related to the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhile the investigation is ongoing, there is no evidence that the children\u2019s parents were culpable for the shooting,\u201d JSO said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>RELATED: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/08\/recent-accidental-shootings-in-jacksonville-highlight-need-for-secure-gun-storage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/08\/recent-accidental-shootings-in-jacksonville-highlight-need-for-secure-gun-storage\/\">Recent accidental shootings in Jacksonville highlight need for secure gun storage<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Thursday, police officers said an incident occurred on Lem Turner Road, near Capper Road, involving a child who was found suffering from a gunshot wound to his lower abdomen. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/08\/child-accidentally-shot-in-jacksonville-after-accessing-unsecured-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/08\/child-accidentally-shot-in-jacksonville-after-accessing-unsecured-gun\/\">At the time,<\/a> JSO did not provide any information about the child, but said they were taken to the hospital and were recovering from their injuries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In their social media post on Monday, JSO said that the 7-year-old boy underwent surgery following the incident, and his injuries are not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police also used the announcement as an opportunity to remind parents about communicating with their children about gun safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhile this case is technically classified as accidental, it is anything but an accident. It was preventable and could have ended much worse&#8230;Parents: talk to your children about gun safety and ensure your teenagers are not bringing firearms or other dangerous items into your home. Doing so may save a life\u2026or prevent serious criminal charges,\u201d the agency said. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office announced the arrest of a 16-year-old on Monday after his 7-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":82350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,8423,8901,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-139243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-jso","13":"tag-northside","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115014944960965675","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}