T P v. State of Indiana

── T P v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21A-JV-00926 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 27, 2021 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Martin Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Molter concur In the early morning hours of August 5, 2020, fifteen-year-old T.P. was at his Guardian’s house in Shoals, Indiana, with friends, but without adult supervision. T.P. and his friends stayed up all night and used drugs. At some point, T.P. retrieved his Guardian’s gun from beneath her bed. Around 6:00 am, under circumstances not fully clear from the record because the teens provided conflicting stories, T.P. shot his best friend, twelve-year-old B.C., in the chest. B.C. died at the scene. The State alleged T.P.