This archive report was first published on 7 September 2019.
On September 6, 2019, a shocking incident occurred in Girard, Ohio, USA, where an American woman mistakenly shot her 18-year-old daughter with a licensed.38 Special revolver.
According to reports, the woman had been home alone when she heard noise coming from the kitchen or hallway. Believing there was an intruder, she grabbed her gun and fired a round at the person coming through the door.
However, to her horror, she soon discovered that the person she had shot was her own daughter, who had arrived home from college for an unannounced visit.
The incident has sparked concerns about gun ownership and safety in the United States, where around 40,000 people died from gunfire in 2017, according to government figures.
