Incident
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2-09-2015 Louisiana Lake Charles 1-0
Location
February 09, 2015
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Alexis Mercer
- Age: 3
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Gender: Female
- Status: Killed
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Accidental Shooting
- Accidental Shooting - Death
- Accidental/Negligent Discharge
- Playing with gun
- Child Involved Incident
- Child fired gun - non-child victim
- Child killed self
Notes
Calcasieu Parish, Lebleu Settlement. Father cleaning guns forgot to put them away before going to work - child finds gun, accidentally shooting self
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Handgun
Sources
District
Congressional District: 3State Senate District: 25
State House District: 37