One in five children or teens at risk of committing suicide are able to access a handgun, according to a report presented to the Pediatric American Societies.
This week, Ocean County was rocked by the news of 6-year-old Brandon Holt from Toms River, who was accidentally shot by a 4-year-old friend. Neighbors who would like to join in a remembrance of Brandon, are invited to do so tonight.
As investigators in the Atlantic County Prosecutors Office determine whether to press charges against the parents of the four-year-old Toms River boy, who shot his six-year-old playmate in the head on Monday, Toms River residents remain in shock by the tragic incident.
Every parent knows to store medicine out of the reach of small children and yet, each year more than 67,000 youngsters are treated in emergency rooms for unintentional poisoning, which is a 30 percent increase over the last decade.