Location

January 23, 2022

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Accidental Shooting
• Accidental Shooting - Injury
• Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
• Playing with gun
• Child Involved Incident
• Child injured self
• Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)

Notes

Allen County; 9 yo shot self w/ father's gun, upper left chest; father Dauris Anderson, mother Shonese Prince-Little, both chgd Level 3 felony neglect of dependent causing serious bodily injury, Level 6 felony neglect of dependent; 2nd child of this family's to be accidentally shot by one of his guns;

Guns Involved

10 guns involved.

• Type: Handgun

• Type: Handgun

• Type: Handgun

• Type: Handgun

• Type: Handgun

• Type: Handgun

• Type: Handgun

• Type: 7.62 [AK-47]

• Type: Rifle

• Type: Rifle

Sources

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• URL: https://www.wane.com/top-stories/mother-of-9-year-old-who-shot-himself-now-charged-with-neglect/

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• URL: https://www.wpta21.com/2022/09/12/fort-wayne-man-charged-with-neglect-after-son-9-shoots-himself/

District

Congressional District: 3
State Senate District: 16
State House District: 82