Unlocked, loaded, within reach: 2,000-plus unintentional shootings involving children 12 and younger

Zetta Williams remembers sitting beside her granddaughter at the hospital after it was already too late to save her.“They told me she was gone,” Williams said.Her granddaughter, Emony Green, had been shot. Later, Williams said, a detective came to her home and described what happened.Additional research provided by University of Florida journalism students: Drew Bank, Ciara Carle, Carlos Corzo, Krystal Felix, Victoria Perez, Genesis Trujillo, Grace Tucceri, Alexis Vivanco and Jessica WilkinsonPREVIOUS COVERAGE: New data reveals toll of youth gun violence in Central Florida“This man looked me in my face and told me it was an accident.”Emony was a young teenager, but it helped spark a months-long investigation by Channel 9 and our television stations across the country into what happens when children get their hands on loaded guns.Over the last decade, dating back to 2016, the investigation documented more than 2,000 accidental shootings involving children ages 12 and younger nationwide,