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Boy, 6, accidentally shoots, kills sister, 5, in Muncie home

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Muncie, Indiana — According to Muncie Police, two parents are facing criminal charges after a 6-year-old fatally shot his 5-year-old sister in a home.

Investigators believe the boy got a gun from a safe in the home and accidentally shot his sister, Deputy Chief Melissa Criswell said.

On Tuesday about 2:25 p.m., Muncie police were called to the home in the 2800 block of South Monroe Street on the city’s south side.

The girl died at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.

According to Criswell, Kimberly Grayson, 27, and Jacob Grayson, 28, were arrested, each one of them facing a preliminary charge of neglect of a dependent resulting in death, and multiple preliminary charges of neglect of a dependent.

 

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