Four-year-old boy fatally shot while play wrestling with father
By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com 14:53 EST 25 Jan 2020 , updated 14:53 EST 25 Jan 2020
A four-year-old Indiana boy has died days after he and his father were both shot in the head with the same bullet that discharged from a concealed gun while the pair were play wrestling.
The tragic shooting occurred Sunday at the family's home in Bloomington.
Tyler Shaw, 36, was wrestling on a bed with his son Tripp when the handgun he had tucked into the back of his pants fell and fired one shot.
The bullet struck both Shaw and his son in the head.
Tripp was taken in critical condition to Riley Children's Hospital, where he died four days later on Thursday.
Shaw was taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital and is expected to recover.
Four-year-old Tripp Shaw was shot in the head after his father's concealed gun fired unexpectedly while the pair were play wrestling at their home in Bloomington, Indiana, on Sunday
The boy died from his injuries at a hospital five days later
Tripp is pictured (center) with his parents Natalie and Tyler and their two other daughters. A GoFundMe campaign to help the family cover medical expenses has raised more than $19,100
A was set up to help Shaw and his wife, Natalie, who are also parents to two young daughters, cover medical costs.
The campaign has raised more than $19,100 as of Saturday afternoon.
'It truly takes a village and I pray that the burden of medical debt will not cloud over their grief,' Tripp's aunt, Nikki Hughes, wrote in a Facebook post.
Boy and dad are shot in the HEAD after gun went off while they were playing
The accident took place at the Shaw family's home on the 1200 block of East Zinnia Drive (pictured) in Monroe County on Sunday
The Glock semi-automatic handgun was sent off for testing to determine why it had fired unexpectedly, according to the Bloomington Herald-Times.
Officials have not said whether any charges will be filed in connection with the shooting.
In Indiana, a person can be charged with felony criminal recklessness if they 'recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally perform an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person' while armed with a deadly weapon.
It was not immediately clear whether Shaw had a license for the gun or an open-carry permit.
By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com 14:53 EST 25 Jan 2020 , updated 14:53 EST 25 Jan 2020
A four-year-old Indiana boy has died days after he and his father were both shot in the head with the same bullet that discharged from a concealed gun while the pair were play wrestling.
The tragic shooting occurred Sunday at the family's home in Bloomington.
Tyler Shaw, 36, was wrestling on a bed with his son Tripp when the handgun he had tucked into the back of his pants fell and fired one shot.
The bullet struck both Shaw and his son in the head.
Tripp was taken in critical condition to Riley Children's Hospital, where he died four days later on Thursday.
Shaw was taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital and is expected to recover.
Four-year-old Tripp Shaw was shot in the head after his father's concealed gun fired unexpectedly while the pair were play wrestling at their home in Bloomington, Indiana, on Sunday
The boy died from his injuries at a hospital five days later
Tripp is pictured (center) with his parents Natalie and Tyler and their two other daughters. A GoFundMe campaign to help the family cover medical expenses has raised more than $19,100
A was set up to help Shaw and his wife, Natalie, who are also parents to two young daughters, cover medical costs.
The campaign has raised more than $19,100 as of Saturday afternoon.
'It truly takes a village and I pray that the burden of medical debt will not cloud over their grief,' Tripp's aunt, Nikki Hughes, wrote in a Facebook post.
Boy and dad are shot in the HEAD after gun went off while they were playing
The accident took place at the Shaw family's home on the 1200 block of East Zinnia Drive (pictured) in Monroe County on Sunday
The Glock semi-automatic handgun was sent off for testing to determine why it had fired unexpectedly, according to the Bloomington Herald-Times.
Officials have not said whether any charges will be filed in connection with the shooting.
In Indiana, a person can be charged with felony criminal recklessness if they 'recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally perform an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person' while armed with a deadly weapon.
It was not immediately clear whether Shaw had a license for the gun or an open-carry permit.
