Seventeen-year-old Hunter Blaine Rowley of Pekin, Indiana, died on a summer evening after an incident that investigators describe as an apparent shooting followed by a single-vehicle crash. The Washington County Sheriff’s Department received an automated vehicle crash alert on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at about 7:30 p.m. and found the vehicle in the 8000 block of South Big Springs Road, roughly nine miles south of Salem. Hunter was pronounced dead at the scene.

Because evidence at the scene suggested a shooting occurred before the crash, the county requested the Indiana State Police Sellersburg Post to lead the investigation. ISP detectives and crime scene investigators responded and began collecting evidence and conducting interviews. Authorities said the investigation is active and ongoing, that there is no known continuing danger to the public, and that no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone saw activity or vehicles in the area of South Big Springs Road on the evening of June 13, or has information about Hunter’s movements that night, please share what is known with investigators.