Incident

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4-29-2023 Indiana Edinburgh 1-1

Location

April 29, 2023

600 block of S Pleasant St
Edinburgh, Indiana

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Jonathon Elliott
Age: 14
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Family
Name: Pedro Castillo-Salmeron
Age: 20
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

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

Notes

VIC shot by foster brother while playing with gun in living room; police found not intentional, but reckless; 3 other children in home not wounded; pleaded guilty, reckless homicide;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/suspect-in-custody-after-14-year-old-shot-and-killed-saturday/

URL: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/teen-killed-suspect-arrested-edinburgh-shooting-saturday-pleasant-street-riley/531-f0a9dc79-0b7f-4a28-b217-0b0d97a417c4

URL: https://dailyjournal.net/2023/05/03/why-jonathon-mother-searching-for-answers-on-sons-shooting-death/

URL: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/court-documents-detail-alleged-events-southport-teen-shot-killed-pedro-castillo-salmeron-jonathon-elliott-edinburgh/531-8666003f-d3ec-48f2-8668-a131340e44d7

URL: https://www.therepublic.com/2023/09/22/indy-man-pleads-guilty-in-edinburgh-reckless-homicide/

District

Congressional District: 6
State Senate District: 41
State House District: 47