A two-year-old boy, Crewe Zahradnik, was fatally shot in the driveway of his family’s Lamartine, Wisconsin home on April 10, 2026. Crewe, born June 11, 2024, was in a vehicle with his siblings when a four-year-old sibling found a loaded firearm that had been stored in the center console and discharged it. First responders were called just before 10:30 a.m. after a passerby discovered the injured child; despite life-saving efforts and a requested medical helicopter, Crewe was pronounced dead at the scene from his gunshot wounds.

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. Authorities said the family is cooperating and that investigators do not suspect foul play, treating the death as a tragic accident. No arrests have been made and no named suspect other than the child who discharged the weapon has been identified; the possibility of criminal charges will be determined after the investigation concludes. Crewe’s family described him as a go with the flow ray of sunshine who adored his three older brothers, and a funeral service was held.

Does anyone in the Lamartine area have information about how the firearm came to be stored in the vehicle’s center console that morning?