Mar. 15, 2025
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A 4-year-old Minnesota boy has died after the all-terrain vehicle he was driving flipped over, according to police.
Life-saving measures were attempted, but the boy was eventually pronounced dead at the scene.
A representative from Shelley Funeral Chapels has identified the boy as Steve “Owen” Meyer, according toCBS News. (The funeral home did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for confirmation.)
“This a tragic situation for family and all emergency personnel,” said Sheriff Shawn Larsen in Wednesday’s news release.
Mar. 15, 2025
Gor Adamyan.Photo:GoFundMe
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The 4-year-old boy was in the car with his parents on Friday evening when the suspects' car “cut them off,” then proceeded to follow them on a highway in Lancaster, Calif., LASD said in astatement.
During this pursuit, the boy’s family slowed down their car when the suspects’ car pulled up next to them and started firing shots, the statement says. Sitting in the backseat, the child was shot in the upper torso and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the statement.
Mar. 15, 2025
A 4 year-old-boy is recovering after a metal straw pierced an artery in his neck.The freak accident occurred when preschooler Charlie DeFraia fell from a porch ledge while sipping a yogurt drink through a metal straw at his family’s home in East Moriches, New York, in June, according toToday.The fall caused the straw to go through Charlie’s tongue and into his throat, and puncture his right carotid artery, which provides blood and oxygen to the brain.
Mar. 15, 2025
Chosen Morris.Photo:National Gun Violence Memorial
National Gun Violence Memorial
A 4-year-old Florida boy died after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he allegedly found under a car seat.
Citing police, WFLA reported that Chosen’s family was getting ready to go out for pizza when he excitedly got into the car before his family. The outlet reported that the boy’s mother was on her computer when she heard a pop.
After discovering her other two children in the living room with headphones on, she went out to the garage, seeing that the door was open, the outlet reported.
Mar. 15, 2025
Caroline Wendelin and her kids in the studio (left), Caroline’s daughter’s painting.Photo:Caroline Wendelin/Instagram
Caroline Wendelin/Instagram
An artist mom has gone viral for sharing her little girl’s first original creation.
Caroline Wendelinis an artist herself, so it’s not a complete surprise the oldest of her three kids is following in her footsteps. In fact, it’s something of a family tradition.
“I’ve been an artist full-time for about five years, but I started painting as a child myself.