Adult Arrested Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Ohio

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2026

21-month-old Boy Fatally Shoots Himself With Father’s Gun In his Columbus, Ohio home, Jashawn Butler, age 21-months-old, shot and killed himself with a loaded gun he found in a safe that was not fully closed. The toddler’s father, Deshawn Butler, told police that he got distracted by Jashawn as he was securing the gun in the safe, and didn’t realize …

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