“When they brought her out, she had a little patch right here over her chest. It didn’t look like a big hole. They were pumping it as they put her in the ambulance,” shared witness Bubba McBath.The wounded child was transported to a nearby hospital and died about an hour later, sheriff’s officials said.
Her mother, supported by another woman, was taken to sheriff’s headquarters with other family for questioning.
The boy allegedly involved in the shooting was also visibly distraught as he was carried out of the home.
After several interviews, investigators determined Cesar Lopez, the victim’s grandfather, left the gun in a place that was accessible to kids. Lopez was arrested and will be booked for child endangerment and felon in possession of a firearm.
Neighbors said a gun is something no child should have access to.
“Firearms should be put up in a safe place, a gun case or anything, so it won’t be easy access for the children…” a neighborhood resident said.
