James Kenneth “Lil Jimmy” Lindquester, 3, a White male, died on October 9, 2020, after an accidental shooting inside his family’s home in Aloha, just outside Beaverton, Oregon. Family members told authorities the toddler found a handgun in a bedroom end table drawer and, around 9:50–10:00 p.m., shot himself in the head. First responders took over life-saving efforts and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight.
Deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and detectives from specialized investigative units responded to the scene and opened an investigation. Coverage at the time consistently identified the child by name and age and noted the sequence of events inside the home, with some outlets listing the place of death as Beaverton while local reports placed the incident at the family residence in Aloha, an unincorporated community adjacent to Beaverton. The child was memorialized publicly as “Lil Jimmy,” and community tributes marked the date of his death as October 9, 2020.
Authorities reported no arrests in immediate aftermath. Early reports stated that detectives were investigating and that no charges had been filed at that time; decisions about potential charges, if any, would rest with the district attorney following the investigation. No named suspects were announced in contemporaneous accounts.
