On the night of October 26, 2025, a 7-year-old boy was fatally wounded inside a residence along the 1500 block of Grandview Avenue near West Fifth Avenue in Columbus. Police said the child gained access to a handgun that had not been secured and the weapon discharged, striking him. First responders were called a little after 9 p.m., and the boy was pronounced dead at 9:18 p.m., a timeline authorities shared while urging safe storage of firearms around children.
Investigators described the shooting as accidental. Early reports indicated the gun had been left unattended; one local outlet reported the location was a short-term rental property on Grandview Avenue just after 9:15 p.m. Detectives recovered the firearm and opened an inquiry into how the weapon came to be accessible to the child.
As of October 27, police said the case would be presented to the prosecutor’s office for consideration of charges, and no suspects or arrests had been publicly announced. Authorities emphasized the investigation was ongoing, and community reports in the days that followed continued to characterize the death as an accidental shooting with no immediate arrests disclosed.
