Thirteen-year-old James Davis, a White/Caucasian youth from Greenwood, Indiana, died of a gunshot wound sustained inside a home on Crescent Drive. The shooting occurred in the early morning hours of November 10, 2024. James was taken to Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis and died of his injuries on November 14.

Investigators say James had been with five other juveniles when the group was reportedly playing with a gun. Police allege 13-year-old Johnny Lenel Neal Jr. pointed the weapon at James and fired. Four of the juveniles fled the scene after the shooting; about 20 minutes later Neal called 911 reporting a suicide attempt. Parents of one of the boys were reportedly asleep in another part of the house at the time.

Neal was arrested and held at the Johnson County Juvenile Detention Facility after the Johnson County Prosecutor filed juvenile delinquency petitions including murder and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon. An initial juvenile court hearing was set for November 26, and authorities were considering whether to waive him to adult court. James’s family said he was an organ donor and that his donation would save others’ lives.

Did anyone in Greenwood see the group that morning or have information about how the gun was obtained?