Incident

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8-12-2022 Arkansas Helena 1-1

Location

August 12, 2022

Poplar Manor Apartments
600 block of Poplar St
Helena, Arkansas

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Jayden Taylor-Campbell
Age: 15
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Friends
Age: 16
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

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

Notes

teen accidentally shot to death in grandmother's stairway by his best friend while they were playing with fully loaded Glock 17 with extended magazine he didn’t believe was loaded, later died

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 9mm

Sources

URL: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/14-year-old-shot-killed-arkansas-police-say/G44ID23DQRCX7KMARKN4PKAN7I/

URL: https://www.helenaworld.org/plans-pricing?appSectionParams={%22restrictedPageId%22:%22uix2p%22}

URL: https://wreg.com/news/local/ar-teen-accidentally-shot-to-death-by-best-friend-police/

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 24
State House District: 12