Incident
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9-27-2018 Texas Rusk 1-0
Location
September 27, 2018
Rusk, Texas
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Asher Creed Peacock
- Age: 2
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
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 fired gun - non-child victim
- Child killed by child
- Child killed self
Notes
Cherokee Co, child AD shot self in neck with found pistol 31.801291, -94.999242
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: 40 SW
Sources
- URL: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/East-Texas-Boy-2-Finds-Gun-Fatally-Shoots-Self-494644781.html
District
Congressional District: 5State Senate District: 3
State House District: 11