The city of Fort Worth is dedicating the month of August to raising awareness about gun safety following a tragic incident where a 12-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed by a toddler. Cook Children's Medical Center doctors shared alarming statistics, revealing that two out of three child gunshot victims over the weekend were involved in accidental shootings.
Weeks after a 12-year-old boy was shot and killed by accident after a toddler got a hold of a gun, the city of Fort Worth is raising awareness about gun safety.
"This weekend on Saturday and Sunday, we saw three kids that came in as a result of firearm injuries," said Dr. Daniel Guzman with Cook Children’s. "All preventable injuries. All of them are going to survive." According to a 2021 survey, of eight counties that Cook Children’s services, it found that one in five children live in a home with guns that aren’t always locked up."We have to be the ones that are responsible for those firearms and make sure that we like them up correctly, that they’re in a safe, that the ammunition is separate," he said.
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