A two-year-old boy named Kayden Lewis died after an accidental shooting at an apartment complex near 19th Avenue and Thunderbird Road in Phoenix on January 12, 2022. Emergency responders transported Kayden to a hospital in critical condition; he later died of his injuries. Investigators found that Kayden had gained access to a loaded handgun that belonged to his father.

Phoenix police treated the incident as an accidental shooting. Kayden’s father, 29-year-old Joshua Lewis, was arrested and booked on one count of child abuse after investigators concluded the loaded firearm had been kept where the child could reach it. Kayden’s siblings were removed from the home and placed with relatives; the Arizona Department of Child Safety had several prior reports involving the family.

Did anyone in the Phoenix area know the family or have information about where the firearm had been stored?