Location

June 03, 2020

Kamas, Utah

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
• Accidental Shooting
• Accidental Shooting - Death
• Accidental/Negligent Discharge
• Thought gun was unloaded

Notes

originally reported as an accidental shooting while brothers were playing with handgun, brother who fired gun later charged with manslaughter after deputies learned gun discharged while he was trying to scare victim. Charges dropped due to subject believing gun was a BB gun

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: Handgun

Sources

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• URL: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/6/3/21279940/10-year-old-boy-dies-of-gunshot-wound-in-kamas

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• URL: https://www.ksl.com/article/46760855/10-year-old-boy-dies-of-gunshot-wound-in-kamas-valley

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• URL: https://kutv.com/news/local/developing-10-year-old-flown-to-hospital-with-gunshot-wound-in-kamas

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• URL: https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/10-year-old-shot-and-killed-near-kamas/

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• URL: https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/10-year-old-shot-and-killed-near-kamas/

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• URL: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/6/4/21280975/family-heartbroken-accidental-shooting-11-year-old-dead-kamas

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• URL: https://www.ksl.com/article/50217144/shooting-death-of-kamas-boy-originally-called-an-accident-now-a-homicide-case

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• URL: https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/summit-county-court-dismisses-manslaughter-charge-against-15-year-old-boy-who-accidentally-shot-his-brother/

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 26
State House District: 53