Beau William Pecor was four years old when he was fatally shot in the head at his home in Hastings, Nebraska, on April 18, 2014. He was described as a rough-and-tumble child who liked watching the Mickey Mouse Club. The weapon was a .22-caliber rifle and the wound proved fatal.

Investigators determined that Beau’s nine-year-old brother had discharged the firearm. The Adams County Attorney’s Office filed a petition in juvenile court alleging the older brother committed manslaughter, a charge that framed the shooting as reckless rather than premeditated. The case raised difficult questions about firearm access in the home and how such a young child came to handle a loaded rifle.

If anyone knew the Pecor family or has information about how the rifle was stored or obtained, please share what is known.