Cash Dillon Cover was an 11-year-old White/Caucasian boy from Kamas, Utah, who died of a gunshot wound to the chest on June 3, 2020. On the day he died, Cash and his older brother had been given permission to use a BB gun outside the family home. They later went inside, gained access to a handgun in a bedroom, and shortly afterward their mother heard a scream and found Cash fatally injured. The family stated the wound was not self-inflicted.

Investigators initially described the event as a tragic accident, but detectives later reported inconsistencies in the older brother’s account. In July 2021 the brother, then 15, was charged in juvenile court with manslaughter; court documents say he told law enforcement he had intended to scare Cash, aimed the handgun at him, pulled the trigger and the weapon discharged. That charge was dismissed without prejudice in December 2022 and the case was closed.

Cash was remembered as an excellent student and a standout athlete, a state champion quarterback who also played baseball and basketball and who was protective of his brother. If anyone has information about what happened that day or knew Cash and his family, please share what you can.