No charges have been filed against a 32-year-old Gary man whose gun may have fallen into the hands of a 5-year-old Chicago boy, but the child’s death hasn’t been ruled an accident.
Gary Police spokesman Cmdr. Sam Roberts said in an email Thursday that police are still investigating the shooting that killed the boy Aug. 30. Meanwhile, city dignitaries are calling for better gun safety education.“It is with deep sadness that we mourn the tragic loss of a five-year-old child due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Gary Mayor Jerome Prince said in a release Thursday.
State Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-3, also offered her thoughts, saying she recognized “nothing will ease the suffering caused by this accidental shooting.”“Yet again, we are reminded of the harrowing fact that this tragedy was preventable,” she said in a release. “This young child had his future stolen by an unsecured firearm in his home.
“How many more children must die at the hands of firearms before we realize that making guns easier to obtain is not an effective solution, but actively makes our state less safe for residents, including children?” Hatcher said. “The incident ... is yet another tragedy in a distressing saga of accidental shootings involving kids that we have seen skyrocket this year. According to , there have been 20 unintentional shootings by children in Indiana this year, 6 of them resulting in fatalities.
“It is time for Indiana to pass common-sense safe storage legislation that requires gun owners to properly store their firearms and prevent children from gaining access to them … In the absence of legislation, I want to remind all gun owners in House District 3 and beyond to take simple measures to securely store your firearms.
Gary Police are working with the Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit and are asking for anyone with information about this incident to please contact 755-3855.
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