Incident
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7-06-2024 Indiana Elkhart 1-1
Location
July 06, 2024
57000 block of Pendleton DrElkhart, Indiana
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Jaxon Snyder
- Age: 2
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Relationship: Family
- Name: Ryan Snyder
- Age: 37
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Unharmed, Arrested
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Child Involved Incident
- Child killed (not child shooter)
- Officer Involved Incident
- Officer Involved Shooting - Shots fired, no injury
- Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator surrender at standoff
- Domestic Violence
- Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)
Notes
Elkhart County near Co Rd 100, son found dead after 18-hr standoff when father fired shots toward police making welfare check before barricading himself inside home and threatening to harm his children, COD unclear; AR-15 style rifle, drum mag; 4-yr-old daughter Penelope treated and released, custody battle w/ ex-wife
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: 223 Rem [AR-15]
Sources
- URL: https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/crime/2024/07/08/indiana-state-police-swat-arrests-man-after-standoff-in-elkhart-county/74328950007/
District
Congressional District: 2State Senate District: 12
State House District: 21