Incident

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11-12-2023 Indiana Indianapolis 1-1

Location

November 12, 2023

5000 block of W 22nd St
Indianapolis, Indiana

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Caiden Clements
Age: 17
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Benjamin Mulkey
Age: 19
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

near 2200 block of N Auburn St west of Indianapolis Motor Speedway; teen fatally shot in home basement when rifle juveniles were passing around went off after magazine was loaded into it and charging handle feeding live round into chamber was pulled, possibly jammed; conflicting accounts whether accident or intentional

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Rifle

Sources

URL: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/person-found-shot-killed-speedway-indiana-west-indianapolis/531-1c545de8-f5b6-44c3-908f-2b5874eb19d7

URL: https://cbs4indy.com/news/1-person-fatally-struck-by-gunfire-in-speedway/

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 46
State House District: 96