Three North Carolina adults have been charged after two children found a loaded gun and one of them was shot and killed.
The 4-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, WCNC reported.
The child’s parents and another relative who lived at the home were charged with involuntary manslaughter, felony child abuse, and storing a firearm in a manner accessible to children.
The Gaston County Police Department identified the suspets as Savannah Leigh Brehm, 22; Hector Manuel Mendoza, 21; and Keith Strughill, 21.
Police said the children who found the gun were siblings.
Conner Kring, property manager of the family’s home, said the family was “good people.”
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“I just can’t imagine what they’re going through right now,” she added.
Police reminded residents to lock up their guns “where a child does not have access to it.”
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[Featured image: L-R, Savannah Leigh Brehm, Hector Manuel Mendoza, and Keith Strughill/Gaston County Police Department]
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