Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Jared Green Jr.

Gender : Male

Age : 3

Race : White

Date : 03/30/2023

Location : 900 block of Park Avenue

City : Hamilton

County : Wayne

State : Indiana

Agency : Centerville PD

Officer(s) :Benjamin Bishop

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Toddler found officer’s gun and shot himself

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

A toddler son of officer Benjamin Bishop’s girlfriend of Centerville PD found the officer’s gun in his residence and shot himself in the head and died. The gun had been left unsecured, fully loaded with a bullet in the chamber in the home. The officer pled guilty in a plea agreement and was sentenced to 7 years in prison in November of 2023.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.journal-news.com/crime/ex-centerville-police-officer-sentenced-to-prison-for-hamilton-fatal-child-shooting/5SVOLPWC7ZAMNN3C5U5R5OU2RQ/