Neither of the two children who were at the home at the time were injured, police said. Online court records did not appear to show a case, and it was not clear whether he had an attorney. "Every year, hundreds of children in the United States gain access to unsecured, loaded guns in closets and nightstand drawers, in backpacks and purses, or just left out," said a recent report by Everytown For Gun Safety, a firearms control advocacy group.Īccording to the organization, unintentional shootings by minors have caused 879 deaths since 2015 and 114 this year.Avery was arrested Tuesday and was in custody Tuesday night. In late September, a two-year-old boy accidentally killed himself in Texas after finding a loaded gun in a relative's backpack. But she was pronounced dead shortly thereafter by paramedics.Ī trial date has not yet been set, according to a statement from District Attorney Dan Faggard.Īccidental shootings by children are not unheard of in the United States. Police officers arrived to discover Avery trying to revive his girlfriend in their apartment in Altamonte Springs, a city north of Orlando. Her baby is crying in the back," according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.Īvery, who had been away during the incident, also contacted emergency services upon his return, begging them to "please hurry," according to the paper.
In a phone call to emergency services, one of Lynn's co-workers can be heard saying: "One of the girls passed out, she was bleeding. The boy's 21-year-old mother, Shamaya Lynn, was shot in their home on August 11 with a single bullet, while in the middle of a Zoom meeting. Avery had stored the gun - loaded and without the safety on - in a backpack themed with the children's television series "Paw Patrol."
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