Incident

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3-20-2024 Arizona Glendale 1-0

Location

March 20, 2024

W Camelback Rd and N 67th Ave
Glendale, Arizona

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 4
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child injured self
Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

Happened in a home; life-threatening; child's father, 44yo Kevin Lavell Rhymes, and father's girlfriend, 31yo Laquasha Lachell Sebastian arrested; additional guns seized from home.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 40 SW

Sources

URL: https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/glendale-police-young-boy-hospitalized-after-accidentally-shooting-himself/75-f7aa30ad-b2c9-4756-abdf-545d12356fd3

URL: https://www.azfamily.com/2024/03/21/glendale-police-provide-update-child-injured-accidental-shooting/

URL: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/its-a-tragic-incident-gun-under-pillow-leads-to-boys-accidental-self-inflicted-gunshot

District

Congressional District: 9
State Senate District: 24
State House District: 24