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A sample of deaths by gunfire this year of children age 12 and under based on an Associated Press review of media reports: Jan. 23—Jaymee M. Steward, 7, is accidentally shot in the head while he and his brothers, ages 4 and 13, play in a bedroom of the family home in Morristown, Tenn., with a .22-caliber gun they mistake for a toy. Jaymee dies three days later. Feb. 20—Delric Miller, 9 months, is struck by gunfire when an attacker sprays the Detroit home he is in with an AK-47. Authorities say the gunfire is gang-related.

Police were called 11 times in months before shooting By Yolanda Jones yojones@gomemphis.com June 21, 2002 Police had been called 11 times in the past year and a half to the home at 3448 Rosamond before a 3-year-old girl was shot to death last week at the residence following a drug dispute. The calls to 3448 Rosamond involved a variety of complaints, from domestic disputes to suspicious people in or near the house. Police said most of the calls were 911 calls made by neighbors complaining about shots fired or suspicious people selling drugs in or near the cinder block...