Incident
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8-15-2022 Tennessee Smyrna 1-0
Location
August 15, 2022
Lee Victory Recreation Park110 Sam Ridley Pkwy E
Smyrna, Tennessee
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: LaVonte'e Roy Anthony Williams
- Age: 5
- 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 self
Notes
boy accidentally shot self when he retrieved handgun from inside his father’s backpack at basketball court in park, later died
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Handgun
Sources
- URL: https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/5-year-old-boy-killed-in-accidental-shooting-at-smyrna-park/
- URL: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/police-investigating-child-shot-at-lee-victory-park-in-smyrna
District
Congressional District: 4State Senate District: 13
State House District: 37