On October 17, 2019, 2-year-old Anthony Lee Jones died following a shooting incident at a residence in Mooresville, Indiana. The toddler, a resident of Indianapolis, was visiting a home in the 6000 block of East Watson Road in Morgan County at the time of the event. Authorities arrived at the scene to find the child suffering from a gunshot wound. Despite emergency efforts, he was pronounced dead at the location.
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department conducted an investigation into
the circumstances surrounding the death, which was preliminarily determined to be an accidental self-inflicted shooting. Investigators reported that the boy had discovered a loaded handgun that had been left unsecured in a bedroom. The firearm belonged to his mother, 26-year-old Stephanie Jones, who was present in the home but in a different room when the discharge occurred. She reportedly told deputies she heard a loud pop while in the bathroom and returned to find her son injured.
Detectives interviewed the mother and other witnesses to reconstruct the timeline of events. The child's father was not at the residence when the shooting took place. While the case was reviewed by the Morgan County Prosecutor's Office to determine if criminal negligence was involved, public records and reports following the immediate aftermath focused on the accidental nature of the tragedy. No subsequent updates confirming arrests or convictions for the parents in connection with this specific case were widely publicized in available reports. The death was ruled an accident by the coroner's office.
