Lives cut short: the American children lost to stray bullets

Washington (AFP) - Carmelo Duncan was strapped into his car seat when he was hit by multiple stray bullets, becoming at just 15 months old one of the youngest shooting victims in the US this year -- and a symbol of powerlessness in the face of gun violence. On December 2, he and his eight-year-old brother were in a car being driven by their father through southeast Washington, DC, when unknown shooters opened fire on the vehicle before fleeing in a stolen SUV. The toddler died at the hospital. His father and brother survived the ambush, for which police say they don't know the motive. Carmelo ...