Two-year-old John Robert Moore was fatally shot on July 2, 2020, after he wandered into a vehicle at the Shackle Island Fire Department in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He had been at the station with his father, a volunteer firefighter. Inside the vehicle the child discovered a firearm, which discharged and critically injured him. He was taken to a local hospital and then life-flighted to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, where he later died.

The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office investigated the shooting and concluded it was a tragic accident. The Sumner County District Attorney’s Office reviewed the case and in September 2020 announced no criminal charges would be filed. A memorial fund was established to support the family.

If anyone was at the fire station that afternoon or has additional information about how the firearm came to be accessible in the vehicle, please share what is known.