Incident

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6-18-2017 Pennsylvania Saylorsburg 1-1

Location

June 18, 2017

Chestnuthill Township
Incident Address

Incident Address

Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Bentley Thomas Koch
Age: 4
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Family
Name: Ryan P. Koch
Age: 21
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Death
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child fired gun - non-child victim
Child killed self

Notes

40.967482, -75.381572 ; Child's father Ryan Patrick Koch, 21, arrested on invol manslaughter & endangerment 10/10/17.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://wnep.com/2017/06/18/troopers-4-year-old-boy-dead-after-accidentally-shooting-himself/

URL: http://www.poconorecord.com/news/20170618/child-dies-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-in-chestnuthill-twp

URL: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/06/firefighters_4-year-old_dies_a.html

URL: https://www.tnonline.com/father-charged-connection-toddlers-accidental-shooting

URL: http://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-pol-saylorsburg-man-charged-in-sons-shooting-death-20171010-story.html

URL: https://wnep.com/2018/11/19/father-sentenced-in-connection-with-shooting-death-of-4-year-old-son/

District

Congressional District: 17
State Senate District: 40
State House District: 176