Incident

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8-05-2017 Indiana Crown Point 1-1

Location

August 05, 2017

Incident Address

Crown Point, Indiana

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Eric Cole
Age: 4
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Brett A Beatty
Age: 32
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
Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child killed self

Notes

adult baby-sitter charged/ failure to secure handgun in home, resulting in child's death; Beatty pleaded guilty; 5 yrs, 2 to serve, 3 on probation;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-police--year-old-boy-shoots-self-after-finding/article_49c67d1a-14f1-524d-84e8-84e23751c1b5.html

URL: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-pleads-guilty-in-shooting-death-of-4-year-old-boy-he-was-babysitting/article_d7650b7b-9290-5558-9749-27978a2d5dce.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

URL: https://journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/20210618/northwest-indiana-man-to-serve-2-years-in-boys-fatal-shooting

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 3
State House District: 19