A 13-year-old boy has died as the result of an apparent accidental shooting.
Deputies with the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department were called around 11:50 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 23, to a home in the 29000 block of San Lu Rae Drive on the report of a shooting.
On arrival, deputies found the victim, Devon Sullivan of Elkhart, who was wounded from an apparent accidental discharge from a firearm.
Medics were called and Sullivan was taken to Elkhart General Hospital where he died from his injuries.
Detectives with the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department are continuing an investigation into the incident.
The home is in Cleveland Township outside the city limits of Elkhart. People coming out of the home looked visibly shaken.
— Sam Householder (@TruthPhotoChief) December 23, 2016
The county crime scene unit just arrived on San Lu Rae Drive. pic.twitter.com/949rDe9owH
— Sam Householder (@TruthPhotoChief) December 23, 2016
