A 4-year-old boy, Jeremiah Groves Jr., was fatally wounded in Greenville, South Carolina, after a handgun discharged while adults were doing target practice in a yard on Staunton Bridge Road. The single round struck Jeremiah and his 7-year-old sister while the children were playing nearby. Both were taken to hospital in critical condition; Jeremiah suffered a gunshot wound to the head and died on November 11, 2021, four days after the shooting. His sister remained in critical condition.

Investigators concluded the firearm was mishandled by an adult family member, and that the handling was negligent. Authorities arrested 49-year-old Jonathan Jeremy Groves of Gastonia, North Carolina, charging him with involuntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; he was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center and held on $175,000 bond. The community described the event as a heartbreaking and tragic accident.

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