Incident

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5-08-2015 Indiana Gary 1-2

Location

May 08, 2015

Incident Address

Gary, Indiana

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 3
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Family
Age: 6
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Christopher Starks-Vaulx
Age: 29
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child fired gun - non-child victim
Child injured by child

Notes

Dad leaves loaded gun and children in car...brother shoots sister in hand. Dad charged w/ misdemeanor carrying gun w/o license

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: http://abc7chicago.com/news/police-boy-6-accidentally-shot-sister-3-in-gary-/708252/

URL: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/police--year-old-child-shot-by-sibling/article_96d2b509-74b6-55cf-8500-f3d682fe89f0.html

URL: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/crime/ct-ptb-dad-charged-in-daughter-shooting-st-0514-20150513-story.html

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 3
State House District: 3