A 2-year-old boy named Josiah died on October 30, 2024, in Clewiston, Florida, after sustaining a single gunshot wound in a home. Clewiston Police Department’s preliminary findings described the shooting as accidental; officers found the child deceased when they arrived and investigated the scene into the early hours of October 31. The specific circumstances of how the gun was fired are not detailed in the report.

No arrests or charges are mentioned and the incident is being treated as an accidental death rather than a criminal act. The case has been recorded by groups that track gun violence, including the Gun Violence Archive and the National Gun Violence Memorial.

Does anyone in the Clewiston area have information about what happened that night?