5-year-old died of self-inflicted wound from Glock

The bullet from a 9mm Glock handgun penetrated the right lobe of the lung, Lacey said.

The boy suffered the wound about 8:42 p.m. at his apartment and died later that night at The Fort Hamilton Hospital, according to Hamilton police Officer Rich Burkhardt.

Detectives said Monday they were awaiting the autopsy results to determine how the young boy was shot and whether charges should be filed. The incident remains under investigation and a decision on charges may not be made until later in the week, according to Sgt. Tom Kilgour.

In the 911 tape, a man believed to be Zachariah’s father, David Nesbitt, is screaming and sobbing. He said the boy was shot in the abdomen. The boy’s mother, Elizabeth Nesbitt, was also home when the shooing occurred.

“Oh, my God, no,” the man said. “He got my (expletive) gun out of the closet.”

Butler County Prosecutor Robin Piper said the accident is an example of why parents should never keep a loaded gun at home if they have children.

“There are no ifs, ands or buts about it,” Piper said.