Nine-year-old Olivia Hummel died of a gunshot wound to the head in Hobart, Indiana, after a demonstration with a handgun gone wrong. Her father, Eric Hummel, was reportedly showing his two sons that firearms are dangerous and had pointed an unloaded gun at them and pulled the trigger as part of the demonstration. He then reloaded the weapon, and later, believing it unloaded, pointed it at Olivia when she entered the room; the gun discharged and Olivia was fatally wounded.

Emergency services transported Olivia to a hospital, where she died. Eric Hummel was arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including reckless homicide, neglect of a dependent resulting in death, and battery; he pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and neglect of a dependent. Friends and classmates left memorial notes mourning Olivia.

If anyone has information about the circumstances that led to Olivia’s death or remembers details about what happened in Hobart that day, please share what is known.