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.
