On the evening of March 11, 2014, 13-year-old Craig Allen Roberts was killed at his family home on North Carver Street in Greensburg, Indiana. Craig, an eighth-grade student at Greensburg Junior High School, was at home with his family preparing to attend an academic honors banquet when a single round from a Colt M-4 rifle struck him in the chest. Investigators report Craig’s stepfather, Jason L. Forshee, had been cleaning the recently purchased rifle in the living room and left it unattended on a table while he spoke with Craig’s mother in another room. During that brief interval Craig’s six-year-old half-brother picked up the rifle and it discharged. Craig was taken to Decatur County Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities treated the shooting as accidental but pursued criminal charges related to the firearm’s accessibility. Forshee was initially charged with Neglect of a Dependent Resulting in Death, a Class A felony, and Dangerous Control of a Child, a Class C felony. He pleaded guilty to Dangerous Control of a Child while the neglect charge was dismissed. In 2015 a Decatur Superior Court judge sentenced Forshee to four years with six months suspended to probation; the Indiana Court of Appeals later affirmed the sentence in July 2016.

Did anyone in Greensburg remember safety practices or storage steps being discussed locally after Craig’s death?