TRAVIS BOHANNON - 16 months - Midland IN

Police have found a handgun near the site
where a 16-month-old boy was fatally shot while riding in a stroller,
the prosecutor said.

Greene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw
told the Greene County Daily World that investigators found the handgun
Wednesday morning in a wooded area near the site where Travis Bohannon
was fatally shot Sunday night.The boy was shot when his father was taking the child and his 4-year-old brother on a walk.
Holtsclaw says the Indiana State Police Lab in Indianapolis will test the gun for fingerprints and ballistics.No arrests have been reported. Police say hunters frequent the area about 25 miles southeast of Terre Haute.The boy's funeral is set for 11 a.m. Friday at Mattox-Wood Funeral Home in Terre Haute.

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The father of a toddler who died Sunday night from a gunshot
wound to the head has been arrested on an outstanding Vigo County
warrant.

Ronald Bohannon, 29, of Midland, was arrested Tuesday
evening on a July 2009 warrant from Vigo County Superior Court Division
6 for receiving stolen property, according to the Greene County
Sheriff’s Department.

As of 4 p.m. today, no charges had been
filed in the death of 16-month-old Travis Bohannon, who died from a
gunshot wound to the head.

Greene County Prosecutor’s Office
declined to comment on reports that the gun used in the shooting had
been recovered in a wooded area near the scene. However, the Greene
County Daily World newspaper at Linton reported that the gun believed
to have been used in the shooting was recovered and has been sent to
the Indiana State Police crime lab in Indianapolis for testing.

Multiple messages requesting comment from Greene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw and Sheriff Terry Pierce were not returned.

Greene County Coroner Brian Gainey has ruled that the child’s death is a homicide.

The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. Sunday when Ronald Bohannon told police
he was walking along First Street in front of his residence, pushing a
stroller in which Travis was seated. Bohannon’s 4-year-old son, Sean,
was with them when the shooting occurred, Bohannon told police.

Bohannon resided in Midland, a small community along Indiana 59 between
Jasonville and Linton, with his girlfriend. His two young sons were
with him for visitation, and normally live in Terre Haute with their
mother, Jamie Bohannon.

The father of a 16-month-old boy has been arrested in connection with the child's death from a fatal gunshot wound to the head.
The Greene County Sheriff's Department says 29-year-old Ronald
Bohannon of Midland was arrested Thursday on several preliminary
charges, including reckless homicide, pointing a firearm and false
informing. He was being held in the Greene County Jail.
Authorities
say Bohannon told investigators that he was pushing his son Travis in a
stroller Sunday evening when he heard the gunshot and saw the boy had
been hit.
Investigators reported finding a handgun on Wednesday morning in
a wooded, weed-filled area near the shooting site in the small community about 25 miles southeast of Terre Haute.
The sheriff's department did not immediately release details on how investigators believe the boy was shot.

A Greene County judge has found probable cause for the arrest of
Ronald A. Bohannon in connection with Sunday’s shooting death of his
toddler son.

Bohannon, 29, appeared Thursday morning in front of
Greene Circuit Court Judge Eric Allen, who set Bohannon’s trial date
for Jan. 26 and increased his bail to $50,000 cash only, no 10 percent
allowed. His bail initially had been set at $34,000.

Allen also appointed attorney Jim Riester as Bohannon’s public defender in the case.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department issued a news release Thursday
morning stating that Bohannon, of Midland, is now being held in the
Greene County Jail on charges of:

• Reckless homicide, a class-C felony.

• Pointing a firearm, a class-D felony.

• Possession of a handgun without a permit, a class-A misdemeanor.

• Possession of a handgun with a prior felony conviction within 15 years, a class-C felony.

• Receiving stolen property, a class-D felony.

• Obstruction of justice, a class-D felony.

• False informing, a class-A misdemeanor.

A class-C felony carries a prison term of 6-20 years, and a class-D felony carries a term of 18 months to 3 years in prison.

The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. Sunday on a street near Bohannon’s
residence in Midland, a small community along Indiana 59 between
Jasonville and Linton, about 25 miles southeast of Terre Haute.

Investigators
were told that the father heard gunfire and saw his son slump over in
his stroller as the father, his 16-month-old son, Travis, and
4-year-old son, Sean, were going for a walk. The bullet passed through
the child’s head, according to an autopsy, and was not recovered at the
scene.

A gun police believe was used in the shooting was recovered Wednesday in a wooded area near Bohannon’s mobile home.

The shooting has been investigated by Greene County Sheriff’s Detective
George Dellaire, with assistance from the Linton, Jasonville and
Worthington police departments, Indiana State Police, Indiana
Conservation Officers, Indiana Department of Correction and Wright
Township Fire Department.

Father convicted of reckless homicide Jan. 2010.

IN man sentenced in toddler's shooting

Updated: Saturday, 30 Jan 2010, 12:58 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 30 Jan 2010, 12:58 PM EST

BLOOMFIELD, Ind. (AP) - A western Indiana man convicted of fatally shooting of his 16-month-old son by accident has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

A Greene circuit judge sentenced Ronald Bohannon on reckless homicide and other charges in line with a plea agreement Friday in Bloomfield.

The Tribune-Star reports that Bohannon admitted he was holding a cocked and loaded gun while pushing his son, Travis, in a stroller near his home last August in the rural community of Midland, about 25 miles southeast of Terre Haute.

Authorities say the gun discharged and struck the child in the head.

The sentence included a five-year enhancement due to two previous felony convictions.
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