6-year-old boy killed in accidental shooting
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 6-year-old boy died Thursday afternoon at a hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an accidental shooting at an apartment on the southeast side , Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said.
The child’s identity was not shared publicly, but IMPD Officer Tommy Thompson noted the family was devastated by the tragedy during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thompson said the shooting involved a handgun in an apartment. The child was in the home with a relative, not his parents. The parents on Thursday night were in route to Indianapolis after learning of the shooting.
Some people who were at the home at the time of the shooting were being questioned at IMPD headquarters in downtown Indianapolis, he said. Family members who were with the child were cooperating with investigators.
IMPD was called just before 4:10 p.m. Thursday to a report of a person shot in the 5200 block of Corgan Way. That’s at the Stone Ridge Apartments off State Road 67/Kentucky Avenue, just south of I-70 next to Indianapolis International Airport.
Thompson did not share the circumstances of the shooting but noted people cannot leave guns unsecured in purses, vehicles or other locations.
Free guns locks are available at public library branches in Marion County, Thompson noted.
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