In North Carolina in February, a 25-year-old mother was accidentally shot dead after one of her children found a gun in her purse. In a phone call to emergency services, one of Lynns co-workers can be heard saying: 'One of the girls passed out, she was bleeding. In Chicago earlier this month, a four-year-old girl was accidentally shot in the chest by another toddler at her home, leading to the girl’s death. The boys 21-year-old mother, Shamaya Lynn, was shot in their home on 11 August with a single bullet, while in the middle of a Zoom meeting. There have been at least 369 unintentional shootings by children younger than 18 in 2020 and 142 people died in such incidents, according to gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. A member attending the same work-related zoom conference call alerted police when they saw the woman identified as Shamaya Lynn fall backward with a loud noise and saw a toddler in the. A 2-year-old boy fatally shot his mother while she was on a Zoom call for work. The incident comes as the US has been witnessing increasing firearm-related crimes. Veondre Avery, 22, was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly left a loaded handgun inside a child's backpack. “Incidents like this could be avoided,” he added. “If you own a firearm, please keep it locked and secured,” police officer Roberto Ruiz Jr was quoted as saying by Wesh. None of the children were harmed in the incident. Veondre Avery was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with negligent manslaughter and failure to securely store a firearm, according to Seminole County Jail records. NBC-affiliated Wesh reported that she was the toddler’s mother.Īccording to initial information, the gun belonged to the father of the woman’s two young children. (TCD) - Police arrested the 22-year-old father of a toddler who found a loaded handgun and fatally shot his mother during a Zoom call in August. The woman’s relationship with the child was not revealed by the police. “Investigators determined that the injury was caused by a toddler who found a loaded handgun, which was left unsecured by an adult in the apartment,” police said.
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