On the evening of December 5, 2021, 25-year-old Dustin Beaux Walters was shot in a home on East 64th Street in Savannah, Georgia. Emergency responders found him with a gunshot wound around 5:30 p.m.; he was taken to Memorial Medical Center and later died from his injuries.

Savannah Police investigated and initially sought information and a possible suspect. About ten days later investigators released preliminary findings that the shooting had been accidental. A toddler just under two years old had found a handgun in the home and discharged it, striking Dustin; reports identified the child as Dustin’s son. No arrests were announced and no suspects were named.

This became a family tragedy that investigators described as accidental. Does anyone have information about firearm storage practices or safety education in that neighborhood that could help prevent similar tragedies?