The Associated Press GRESHAM, Ore. — Police say family members thought a 4-year-old Gresham boy was going to his bedroom for a toy when he left a Saturday night gathering with friends. Instead, police say, the boy carried a plastic stool into his grandfather’s bedroom. There, police believe, he took his grandfather’s 9-mm handgun off the top…

A 14-year-old Snohomish County boy accidentally shot himself in the leg Tuesday morning while target shooting, the sheriff’s office said. The victim, a student at Voyager Middle School, apparently skipped school to go target shooting with friends, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The shooting was reported by a friend of the victim…

A 3-year-old boy who was critically injured after being shot in the mouth last month is believed to have shot himself, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators initially thought that a 4-year-old neighbor may have accidentally pulled the trigger. On Monday, sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said “it has been confirmed by investigators that the 3-year-old shot…

 The Associated Press SPOKANE — The mother of a 15-year-old boy who was accidentally shot in the chest by a friend while playing with a gun says he’s making a miraculous recovery. Angela Kyllonen tells KREM-TV that doctors told her the bullet barely missed vital organs and he’s lucky to be alive. Hunter Kyllonen has been released from a hospital…

The Associated Press POCATELLO, Idaho — An Idaho State University instructor was wounded in the foot after a concealed handgun in the person’s pocket discharged during a chemistry lab session with students in the room, school officials said. Arriving Pocatello police officers found the instructor  Tuesday in the Physical Science Complex with a non-life threatening injury. The person…

A man was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of manslaughter in connection with an accidental shooting Monday night in North Bend. Snoqualmie police Capt. Nick Almquist said officers were called to an apartment in the 45000 block of North Bend Way around 10:30 p.m. for a report of shooting. One person was found dead. Details about the victim…

The Associated Press CHUBBUCK, Idaho — A 5-year-old girl is dead after police say another 5-year-old accidentally shot her at an eastern Idaho home. Lt. Bill Guiberson of the Chubbuck Police Department says emergency workers responded to a Chubbuck home at about 3 p.m. Wednesday and took the victim to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. The hospital confirmed later in…

The Associated Press TUKWILA — A Washington Department of Corrections officer accidentally shot himself in the leg Wednesday at a police shooting range in Tukwila. Department spokeswoman Norah West says the officer was among a group of community corrections officers working on their firearms requalification at the Seattle Police Athletic Association shooting range. KOMO reports the wounded man was taken…

The Associated Press MARYSVILLE — A Marysville police officer who was fired and then reinstated after his gun killed his 7-year-old daughter is set to return to work Friday. Derek Carlile appealed his firing and last month was awarded his job back in binding arbitration. The Daily Herald reports city officials have not said what Carlile’s position…

A former Marysville police officer, who was fired last year after his 3-year-old son fatally shot his 7-year-old sister with the officer’s handgun, may get his job back. An arbitrator this week determined that the city should rehire Officer Derek Carlile, 32, 0f Camano Island, according to his former lawyer, David Allen. Carlile was fired in May following…