Florida authorities have reported this Monday that the mother of a two-year-old boy has been arrested after being charged with the death of her husband, after the minor shot his father in the back and accidentally killed himin a new shooting in the United States.
The event took place on May 26, according to the Orange County Sheriff, John Mina, “the weapon was not well kept.” “In fact, it was easily accessible even for a two-year-old, and the result is a tragedy in this community. that no one can understand”, he explained in statements to the American network NBC News.
The boy’s five-year-old brother said in an affidavit to authorities that his brother accidentally fired the gun. Marie Ayala, the 26-year-old mother, files a charge of negligent homicide after failing to properly secure a Glock pistol, with which the boy is believed to have shot his father while he was playing a video game.
The couple was with their three children (the two mentioned minors and a baby) in the bedroom of their Orlando home when the boy fired a shot and a bullet hit her husband, Reggie Mabry.
“The children were not physically injured, but probably they will carry emotional wounds forever. Not only have they effectively lost both parents, but the child they accidentally shot his father in the back he will have to grow up knowing that his actions caused the death of his father. If you have a gun, always be responsible,” the Police Department said in a statement.
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