Incident

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12-12-2017 Texas Cypress 1-1

Location

December 12, 2017

Hot Wells Gun Range
Incident Address

Incident Address

Cypress, Texas

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Joshua Cummings
Age: 36
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Tyler Sutton
Age: 21
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Death
Accidental Shooting at a Business
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Cleaning gun
Thought gun was unloaded
Gun range/gun shop/gun show shooting

Notes

an employee of the gun range was working on a hunting rifle when it suddenly went off. Suspect indicted 5/4/18

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Rifle

Sources

URL: http://abc13.com/young-man-shot-in-the-head-outside-harris-co-gun-range/2772877/

URL: http://abc13.com/person-shot-at-gun-range-in-northwest-harris-county/2772877/

URL: http://abc13.com/shooting-range-tragedy-claims-life-of-cypress-father/2775195/

URL: http://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/worker-indicted-for-manslaughter-in-texas-gun-range-shooting

URL: https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/gun-range-employee-indicted-for-manslaughter-turns-himself-in/285-549693592

District

Congressional District: 10
State Senate District: 7
State House District: 132