OSSIAN, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana sheriff says a 4-year-old boy who was fatally shot while out fishing with his father was struck in the head.
Wells County Sheriff Monte Fisher told The Associated Press on Sunday that Jacob Michuda was shot in the head late Friday night while he and his father were fishing from a pier at a pond outside Ossian.
Forty-six-year-old neighbor Bruce Pond is being held on a preliminary charge of reckless homicide and is due to appear in court Monday.
Family friend Trisha Ulmer tells The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne the shooting was a "freak accident."
Fisher tells the Bluffton News-Banner alcohol was involved and that Pond apparently shot at a light on the pier where the father and son were fishing.
