Man ignored his girlfriend’s requests not to keep a weapon in the house, only for her child to get a hold of the firearm and, while handling it, manipulate the trigger and fatally shot his mom while she was lying in bed; charged

California – California man, 18-year-old Andrrew, was taken into custody and later charged with negIigent storage of a firearm and child endangerment after his girlfriend’s, 22-year-old Jesinya, child found his Ioaded unsecured weapon only to shoot his mom in her upper body, resulting in her death. Authorities said the 2-year-old child was able to reach the loaded unsecured weapon, which was stored in a location where the child could access it, only to handle the unsecured weapon and at some poing manipulate the trigger and shoot his parent. 

Authorities say the 22-year-old victim was struck in the upper body while she was lying in bed. The investigation process began after the 911 caller told the dispatcher about shots fired at the location. The responding officers found the victim with a single gunshot wound and rushed her to the hospital, where hospital staff pronounced her dead. The responding officers also made contact with the victim’s boyfriend and other roommates. 

During an interview with local news outlets, the victim’s sibling, Jesica, reportedly said that her sister’s boyfriend reportedly disobeyed the victim’s requests not to bring or keep a weapon int he home. The woman also said that her sister would still be alive if the man respected her sister’s demands.  The woman reportedly said that the man’s ‘carelessness, arrogance, irresponsibility and neglecting her sister’s wishes of never having a gun in her house, she’s gone forever’.

Authorities said the defendant was taken into custody and booked, but has since bailed out, adding he has no criminal history. Prosecutors are still deciding what charges would be appropriate for the defendant following the woman’s death, local news outlet KY3 reported. He allegedly left the loaded gun in the couple’s bedroom, where the victim’s 2-year-old son got a hold of it.

According to California authorities, a gun lock is a simple way to keep your firearm secured. “When you have it stored like this — this gun will not fire because you cannot out ammunition into it, when you don’t have a lock like this, it can be fired, it can be loaded,” said police officer Luke reportedly said. The victim’s family launched an online fundraiser to collect money for funeral expenses.