Edan Oliver Johnson was 5 when he died at a relative’s home in Gary, Indiana, on August 30, 2023. He was visiting a house on the 2400 block of Filmore Street; also in the home that day were a 17-year-old girl and a 32-year-old man who had come from Chicago. The homeowners had allowed the man to be at the residence to check on the children.

Authorities say the man removed his handgun and later fell asleep with it unsecured. Edan sustained a single gunshot wound; the Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled the death accidental. The firearm owner was identified and interviewed, and police continued investigating in the weeks after the boy’s death, with no charges filed in that immediate period.