Aiden Andrus Cooper was 4 years old when he was fatally wounded on the evening of October 16, 2024, in Brunswick, Georgia. Police say the child was left unattended inside a vehicle on Habersham Street where he found an unsecured firearm and sustained a gunshot wound. He was taken to Southeast Georgia Health System and then transferred to UF Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, where he later died.

Investigators arrested 25-year-old Joshua Codogan, the boyfriend of Aiden’s mother, and charged him with second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in connection with the boy’s death. The case centers on the allegation that the weapon was not properly secured while the child was left alone in the car.

What information about the circumstances that evening could help clarify how the gun came to be accessible to Aiden?