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Florida man says he accidentally shot his wife and their 4-year-old daughter while cleaning his gun

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Keane, I. (2026, September 20). Florida man says he accidentally shot his wife and their 4-year-old daughter while cleaning his gun. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/florida-accidental-shooting-wife-daughter-b3053182.html

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A Florida man reported accidentally shooting his wife and their 4-year-old daughter while cleaning his handgun at home in Deltona on Saturday morning around 10 a.m. The father said he was preparing to go to a shooting range when the gun discharged, hitting both victims. Both the mother and child were conscious but injured; first responders treated them before airlifting the daughter to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital and transporting the mother to HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital. Authorities are investigating as an accidental discharge with no criminal charges filed yet.

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A Florida man reported accidentally shooting his 4-year-old daughter and wife on Saturday morning around 10 a.m. in Deltona while he was cleaning his handgun before going to a shooting range. When authorities arrived, the father was carrying his injured daughter with visible wounds to her chest and arm. The mother was found inside the house with an apparent gunshot wound to her leg covered by a towel.

Both victims were conscious but required immediate medical attention; first responders applied tourniquets and a chest seal on the girl before she was airlifted to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer. The mother was transported to HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital. According to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, the father's account of an accidental discharge is supported by the evidence gathered during their investigation.

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Deltona Florida HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital Orlando Health Arnold Palmer the Volusia Sheriff’s Office

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the Volusia Sheriff’s Office ORG · 2× Deltona PERSON · 1× Florida GPE · 1× HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital ORG · 1× Independent NORP · 1× Orlando Health Arnold Palmer ORG · 1×

Narrative

The man told police that he was trying to clear his handgun before going to a shooting range when it accidentally discharged just before 10 a.m. on Saturday, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-20

2026-09-20 · The Independent

Florida man says he accidentally shot his wife and their 4-year-old daughter while cleaning his gun · assertive framing

Claims (12 extracted, 0 hedged)

Authorities are investigating after a Florida man said he accidentally shot his 4-year-old daughter and wife at their Deltona home over the weekend. asserted

he → investigate → weekend

Office → tell → statement

When authorities arrived, the father was carrying his daughter, who had “obvious injuries to her chest and arm,” the sheriff’s office said. asserted

office → arrive → chest

The mother was found inside the home with a “towel on her gunshot wound to her leg,” authorities added. asserted

authorities → find → leg

Both the mom and daughter were conscious and alert, authorities said. asserted

authorities → say → ?

First responders provided care, applying tourniquets to both the victims, as well as a chest seal on the little girl. asserted

responders → provide → girl

The girl was airlifted to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer while the mother was taken to HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital. asserted

mother → airlift → Hospital

The father told authorities that he was getting ready to go to the shooting range when his gun fired, with one shot hitting both his wife and their daughter. asserted

shot → tell → wife

“The facts and evidence gathered during the investigation support an accidental gunshot,” the sheriff’s office said. asserted

office → gather → gunshot

The little girl and mother’s conditions were not immediately known Sunday. asserted

conditions → know → ?

The Independent has contacted the Volusia Sheriff’s Office for more information. asserted

Independent → contact → information

No criminal charges had been filed as of Sunday. asserted

charges → file → Sunday