Two-year-old Jacob Chronister was killed by a single gunshot at his family’s home on Belleville Ridge Road north of Danville, Arkansas. The shooting occurred on a Tuesday evening; family members called 911 at about 7:23 p.m. Deputies from the Yell County Sheriff’s Office found Jacob with an apparent gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Family members told deputies the toddler had apparently gained access to a firearm that had been kept on top of a cabinet in a bedroom, a place the family believed was out of his reach. The Yell County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation and Jacob’s body was sent to the Arkansas State Medical Examiner for autopsy. Initial reports describe the incident as a suspected accidental shooting; no arrests or suspects were mentioned in those early reports.

If anyone has information about what happened that evening or knew the family, please share what you know with the Yell County Sheriff’s Office.