Overview

• Officers responded around 8:15–8:17 a.m. to a North Miller Street residence near Bishop Dunn Memorial School and found the child dead, police said.
• Multiple outlets report the boy and friends had been handling an older brother’s handgun when it went off, though who fired remains unclear.
• The boy’s mother called 911, then confronted the older brother about the weapon before he fled; law enforcement later located him, according to sources.
• The Newburgh district instituted a secure lockout as a precaution, lifted around midday, with after-school activities canceled.
• The ATF and FBI are assisting Newburgh police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office as authorities investigate how the firearm was accessed and other circumstances.