COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 12-year-old boy was fatally shot at an Ohio home in what appeared to be a tragedy involving a mishandled firearm, police said Tuesday.
Columbus police said they were called to the home a few miles west of downtown on Monday evening and found the injured boy, Demitri Gore, upstairs. He died at the scene.
The initial investigation and witness comments indicated the shooting stemmed from unsafe handling of a loaded firearm, police said. They said they are investigating the exact circumstances, who was involved, and how the firearm was obtained.
But there was no immediate evidence of anything beyond “an unfortunate tragedy,” police said in their initial report on the shooting.
