Incident
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6-10-2017 Indiana Hobart 1-1
Location
June 10, 2017
Hobart, Indiana
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Olivia Hummel
- Age: 9
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Gender: Female
- Status: Killed
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Relationship: Family
- Name: Eric Scott Hummel
- Age: 33
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Unharmed, Arrested
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Accidental Shooting
- Accidental Shooting - Death
- Accidental/Negligent Discharge
- Thought gun was unloaded
- Playing with gun
- Child Involved Incident
- Child killed (not child shooter)
Notes
9 y/o girl shot by father during gun safety lecture, killed; gun thought to be unloaded; sentenced/ 1 year in alternative placement program, 3 1/2 years on probation;
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: 9mm
Sources
- URL: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/coroner--year-old-girl-fatally-shot-in-hobart/article_1d1897eb-5138-5697-860d-0960bdf3d460.html
- URL: http://www.rrdailyherald.com/news/national/indiana-police-father-committed-a-series-of-heinous-and-depraved/article_985b8afe-2a3b-5741-a500-34afebeeca7f.html
District
Congressional District: 1State Senate District: 3
State House District: 19