Incident

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1-28-2019 Louisiana Alexandria 1-1

Location

January 28, 2019

Incident Address

Alexandria, Louisiana

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 5
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Joshua Demond Vercher
Age: 19
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child injured (not child shooter)

Notes

investigated as AD from within the house; shot in side

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://www.alexandrialapolice.org/content/child-accidentally-shot-alma-street

URL: https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2019/01/28/police-investigating-shooting-5-year-old-girl-alexandria/2706726002/?fbclid=IwAR3pjW0q4o-X1x-ea1SbxnDAcxKxCVxi_na-0Ur3Ct3WU2uoN0wyK3Evkuc

District

Congressional District: 5
State Senate District: 29
State House District: 26