According to foreign media reports, a 21-year-old American woman Shamaya Lynn died when she was shot in the head by a pistol found in her backpack by her two-year-old son while participating in an online meeting with her colleagues at home. On Tuesday, October 12, local time, his 22-year-old boyfriend, Veondre Avery, was detained for manslaughter and unsafe storage of guns. The trial time has not yet been determined.
On August 11, in a small town north of Orlando, Florida, Samaya was participating in an online video conference at home. Her boyfriend Avery was outside, and only Samaya and hers were at home. Two children. Her two-year-old son found a loaded gun in his small backpack and hit Qishamaya in the head while playing.
"There was a girl who passed out and she was bleeding. Her camera was on and her child was crying in the room." This is a public phone recording transcribed by the police afterwards, from a colleague who called the police online at the time. Later, Avery also contacted the emergency personnel, begging them to "hurry up, hurry up."
The local police were dispatched to Samaya’s apartment. Avery was trying to rescue Samaya, but the medical staff announced that Samaya was dead.
According to the investigation, the owner of the loaded pistol is the child's father, that is, his boyfriend Avery. Avery puts the pistol in a backpack at will, so that the children can easily get and play. This tragedy was caused by a 2-year-old kid who accidentally shot Samaya in the head while playing. Currently, Avery has been detained, but the date of his trial has not yet been determined.
There are still many such tragic cases in the United States. At the end of September this year, Texas A 2-year-old boy turned his head after he found a loaded gun in his family’s backpack Unfortunately, he died after being shot. In August, North Carolina Markovia Durham and his 2-year-old son were accidentally shot and killed while having dinner at their mother's house.
According to the Everytown For Gun Safety Association of the United States,Since the beginning of 2021, there have been at least 272 child shooting accidents in the United States, resulting in 111 deaths. Since 2015, "accidental shooting" of minors has caused 879 deaths.
Wuhan Morning News trainee reporter Liang Xia
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