GARY, Ind. - A man is facing multiple charges in connection with the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy in Northwest Indiana over the weekend.

The boy, Adrian Brown, was found with a gunshot wound in his home in the 400 block of Madison Street in Gary and later died at Methodist Northlake Hospital, according to court documents.

What we know:

The suspect, Raymon Bell, was charged with multiple crimes, including neglect of a dependent resulting in death, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, reckless homicide, and obstruction of justice, prosecutors said.

Officials said the boy found and discharged an unsecured gun inside the home where Bell lived with the boy’s mother and two other children, ages 11 and 13.

The children were left alone inside the home at the time as

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