Local authorities reported Monday that a two-year-old toddler in Florida accidently shot and killed his father after his parents left a loaded rifle unattended. (A two-year-old boy accidentally shoots and kills his father )
On May 26, police officers responded to a 911 call to the victim’s home in Orlando and found the child’s mother, Marie Ayala, performing CPR on her husband, Reggie Mabry.
The 26-year-old, who died shortly afterwards in a hospital, was first thought to have shot himself, but the eldest of the couple’s three children later told authorities that the trigger was pulled by his two-year-old sibling, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said at a press conference.
According to court filings, the gun was in a bag that Mabry had left on the ground, and the youngster discovered it and shot his father in the back while he was playing a video game on a computer.
At the time of the occurrence, five family members, including a five-month-old girl, were in the same room.
According to the sheriff, both parents were on parole at the time for multiple counts of child negligence and drug usage.
“Gun owners who fail to properly safeguard their firearms are one split second away from one of these tragedies occurring in their homes,” Mina added.
“These little youngsters have now lost both of their parents. Their father is no longer alive. Their mother is in prison, and a small child must live with the knowledge that he shot his father “The sheriff continued.
In the United States, such disasters are not commonplace.
In August 2021, another two-year-old discovered a revolver placed in a Paw Patrol backpack and tragically shot his mother in the head as she was participating in a video conference.
The new disaster occurs as the country debates gun legislation in the aftermath of numerous deadly mass shootings in a grocery, hospital, and primary school, among other locations. ( A two-year-old boy accidentally shoots and kills his father – celebrity jazz ug )
