An 8-year-old girl, Kendrielle Brye, died of a gunshot wound in Indianapolis on March 24, 2019. A parent brought her to a fire station and she was taken to Riley Hospital for Children, where she later died. Investigators concluded Kendrielle did not shoot herself.

Initial statements from her mother, Tiffany White, changed several times about where she had been and what they heard; surveillance video later showed White and Kendrielle arriving home together that afternoon and contradicted some of her accounts. Footage also shows Kendrielle’s father, Kendall Brye, carrying the injured child to a car; White then drove away with Kendrielle and Brye left the house with a black bag and his son. Police say there is no evidence shots came from outside the home.

Both parents were arrested and charged in connection with Kendrielle’s death: White with neglect of a dependent causing death, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, and drug possession, and Kendall Brye with neglect-related charges. Court papers did not immediately identify who fired the fatal shot; an attorney for Brye suggested a younger child might have accessed the gun and that the death could have been accidental.

If anyone in Indianapolis has information about what happened in that home on March 24, 2019, please come forward.