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More than 7,000 children and teenagers were hospitalized for firearm injuries in 2009, according to a study in February’s Pediatrics. That works out to twenty young people per day. Six percent of those hospitalizations resulted in a death.

The report also found that:

• In children under age 10, 75 percent of hospitalizations were due to unintentional injuries.

• Eighty-nine percent of those injured were male.

• Black children and adolescents comprised 47% of all hospitalizations.

The findings emphasize “the need for funding for public health research to find the best way to reduce children’s access to firearms,” said Robert Sege, director of the Division of Family and Child Advocacy at Boston Medical Center and a co-author of the study. In the absence of such research, he said, the best advice is to follow the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendation that the safest home for children and teens is one without guns. If there are guns in the home, they should be stored unloaded and locked, with the ammunition locked away in a separate place.

ABC News reported yesterday that one-third of homes have a gun, and 1.7 million children live in a home with an unlocked and loaded firearm. A recent hidden camera experiment conducted by ABC News caught children playing with unloaded guns inside a classroom in St. Petersburg, Fla.—just a few days after the children had viewed an Eddie Eagle N.R.A. safety video and received firearm safety instruction by a police officer.

Firearm injuries remain the second leading cause of death, behind motor vehicle crashes, for teenagers ages 15 to 19. Here is today’s report.

—Jennifer Mascia

At least five people were wounded when two people opened fire during a disturbance between two men in Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Wash., early Monday. The victims include include three men, ages 19, 20 and 24, and two women, 22 and 26. One suspect, a 21-year-old man, was arrested.

—Q13Fox.com

Four people, including children who were playing basketball, were shot outside a church in Rocky Mount, N.C., Monday night. Neighbors said victims ran to a nearby convenience store for help. Police have not released the names or ages of the victims, or the names of any suspects.

—WNCN

Three people were shot to death within six hours in Boston, Mass., late Sunday and early Monday. Those episodes were followed by another shooting in the Bromley Heath development in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood Monday afternoon. The city’s January death toll is higher than any time in the last several years, police said, and the fact that the homicides occurred on freezing nights, when most people are indoors, is especially worrisome.

—Boston.com

Three men ranging in age from 30 to 60 were wounded in a gang-related shooting at a home in southwest Fresno, Calif., Monday afternoon. Police said an unknown number of suspects are at large. An hour later, a man was shot and killed in a home in west central Fresno.

—KFSN-TV

A 3-year-old boy was shot in the leg while riding in a car with his grandmother on I-77 in Akron, Ohio, Friday night. The 47-year-old woman was driving with her grandson and her 8-year-old granddaughter when she heard four gunshots followed by the sound of her grandson crying. Police said the shooting appears to have started from an ongoing feud.

—Fox 8

Chetana Guduru, 17, was shot and killed by his mother, Sujatha Gudury, who then killed herself, in the Waverlee Woods community of Oviedo, Fla., Monday afternoon. Sujatha wrote an email to her brother that said she was going to harm herself and her daughter, but he didn’t read it until after the shooting. Chetana was recently named a candidate for the U.S. Presidential Scholar Program.

—WFTV.com

A 15-year-old boy was shot to death in a drive-by attack in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Ill., Sunday afternoon. Five others injured in separate shootings on Sunday.

—Chicago Tribune

Phillip Willett, 79, who shot and killed his wife after being diagnosed with terminal cancer on Thursday, died Monday in the oncology unit of UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh, Pa., Monday morning. After shooting Catherine Willet, 79, he put the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger, but the weapon jammed. Police had been unable to question him because of his deteriorating medical condition.

—Trib Live

One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting near a suburban Atlanta, Ga., high school Monday afternoon. No word on suspects.

—NBCNews.com

A man was shot and wounded after two students got into a fight near a high school in Carbondale, Ill., Monday afternoon. Police are searching for 18-year-old Omari Tinsley.

—WSILTV.com

A man was killed and a woman and another man were injured in a shooting in Ashtabula, Ohio, Monday afternoon. Police believe the shooting stemmed from a home invasion. Police continue to look for suspects.

—YourErie.com

Randy Menefee, 35, was shot in the chest and killed at a gated apartment complex in northwest Atlanta, Ga., early Monday. A woman reportedly answered a knock at the door and four masked men pushed their way into the apartment demanding money. The intruders fled after the woman gave them $100. Three children inside the apartment were not injured.

—AJC.com

Two men were shot, one fatally, while driving on the northeast side of Indianapolis, Ind., Monday night. Troy Grayson, 38, who was driving, was shot in the chest and killed. At least 12 shell casings were found at the scene.

—RTV6

Jonas Perrier, 27 and Ronald Perrier, 31, who were brothers, were found shot to death at a home in Gretna, La., Monday evening. Police found 26 casings at the scene, and a 380- caliber semi-automatic handgun shoved into the waistband of one of the victims.

—Nola.com

Two men were shot after a fight in an apartment spilled into the street in south Sacramento, Calif., Monday afternoon. Police are soliciting tips.

—News 10

One person was fatally shot in the chest in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday night. There are no suspects. The shooting occurred on the same street where two people were shot, one fatally, on Jan. 20.

—Cincinnati.com

A 19-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed in the Waverly village of Baltimore, Md., Monday evening. Anyone with information is asked to call police.

—ABC2News

A 19-year-old man was shot multiple times and wounded in Newport News, Va., Monday evening. The victim has been uncooperative with police.

—Daily Press

A 22-year-old man was shot multiple times and wounded at a home in Blue Springs, Mo., Monday afternoon. Police are investigating.

—Fox 4 News

That the son of a Monongalia County, W.Va., lawmaker unintentionally shot his father while committing suicide in Morgantown, W.Va., early Saturday. The bullet fired by Bradley Barill went through the floor, hitting Anthony Barill in the leg while he slept.

—TheRegister-Herald.com

Claudia A. Bunny, 48, who was shot in the head by her boyfriend in northwest Wisconsin on Jan. 18, died from her injuries over the weekend. After the shooting, her boyfriend, Kerry Stevenson, 52, drove to a restaurant where he began screaming, his clothes covered with blood. Authorities said he was intoxicated when he was arrested. He was charged with reckless injury and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

—The Buffalo News

Van Nguyen, 45, was found shot to death inside the nail salon she owned in Cordova, S.C., Monday afternoon. Jesus Perez, 51, who had been a relationship with the victim, took his own life as police closed in.

—WMCTV.com

A man was shot in the face by his new girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend, who then kidnapped his 1-year-old son, in Willowbrook, Calif., Sunday night. The suspect led deputies on a short pursuit, during which he opened fire on them. The deputies returned fire, critically injuring him.

—KTLA5

One man was shot and wounded after an altercation in Myrtle Beach, N.C., early Monday. Police recovered two rifles on the scene. One man was taken in for questioning.

—Myrtle Beach Online