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Toddler accidentally kills self with gun in Crawford Co.

Posted by Sarah Harlan - email

CRAWFORD CO, IN (WFIE) - Law enforcement agencies in Crawford County are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl.  

Deputies were called to a home on Speed Road in Milltown about 7:00 p.m. Monday. That's where they found the child, Alexis B. Camp, dead of an apparent gunshot wound.

The autopsy was conducted Tuesday morning in Louisville.  The Crawford County Deputy Coroner, Jerry Brown has just released that the cause of death was an accidental self inflicted gun shot wound to the head.

According to the investigators, the semi-automatic handgun was left in a location that Alexis was able to access the weapon and unfortunately pull the trigger.

The Crawford County Sheriff's Department said the gun that killed her may have belonged to her father who is a reserve officer with the sheriff's department.

"He's a good kid," Debra Young of the Crawford Co. Sheriff's Dept. said. "To me he's a kid. He's the age of my kids. He went to school with my kids. I know he's devastated.

Ironically, the Crawford County Sheriff's Department offers free gun locks, and has passed out thousands over the years.  No charges have been filed as of yet.

Investigators will forward the case to the Crawford County Prosecutor for her review.

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