A four-year-old girl, Hayzel Vick Jones, was killed on November 30, 2025, after being struck in the chest by a bullet fired from a handgun inside her family’s home on the southwest side of Afton, Oklahoma. Police Chief Earnie Shelby and local officers responded about 2:30 p.m.; severe weather prevented medical helicopter transport, so Hayzel was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Miami, Oklahoma, where she later died.

Afton police described the shooting as accidental and said the firearm discharged while another child — reported in some accounts as Hayzel’s older brother — was handling it. Chief Shelby said the shooting did not appear to be intentional. As of early December 2025, no arrests or criminal charges had been announced and the investigation remained under review by the district attorney’s office.

Hayzel, known as Hayzel-Bug, was the daughter of Ted and Karisa Jones. She loved animals, the color purple, and collecting frogs, and had recently shown a pig at the Ottawa County Fair. A horse-drawn hearse was planned to carry her to Mount Hope Cemetery after services at the Afton High School Gym. Does anyone have information about the household circumstances or the events that afternoon that could help investigators?