Table 5.

Characteristics of Children (0–14) as Shooters in all unintentional firearm fatalities

Age of shooter	# of cases	Male	% male	Shoot self	Victim other children	Victim 15–19 year olds	Victim 20+
0–1	1	1	100 %	1	0	0	0
2–4	30	27	90 %	27	3	0	0
5–10	45	34	76 %	18	25	0	2
11–12	43	37	86 %	13	22	3	5
13–14	46	45	98 %	12	23	9	2
0–14	165	144	87 %	71	73	12	9

Of the 21 victims over age 14, 6 were brothers, 4 parents, 2 other family, 6 friends, 1 stranger, 1 acquaintance, 1 known other