08/14/2021 19:02
Clarín.com
Dresses
Updated 08/14/2021 19:06
The death of
Shamaya Lynn
shocked everyone in the state of
Florida
(United States) this week.
A tragic episode, as a consequence of carelessness,
ended in the murder of the 21-year-old woman at the hands of her youngest son
.
Everything was visible in the video call that the woman was making, leaving witnesses stunned.
According to the police report released last Thursday.
The child was playing while the woman made a video call through the Zoom platform
, it was then that the minor ran into the weapon that did not have safety and fired the shot at the young woman.
Someone at the conference who was known to be related to Lynn's work called 911 and
reported that they had seen a small child and heard a noise before the woman fell backward
, authorities explained in the statement.
Shamaya Lynn was 21 years old and the mother of two children.
Photo: Facebook.
The episode in which Lynn, 21, was killed by an inadvertent mistake by her son (whose age was not disclosed) happened on Wednesday, in the town of Altamonte Springs, near Orlando.
When paramedics came to the scene to try to save the young mother, it was too late.
"Investigators determined that the injury was caused by a small child who found a loaded pistol, which an adult left unsecured in the apartment,"
Altamonte Springs police officers said in the text released to the media.
Police said
Lynn was shot in the head.
The police statement did not identify the relationship, but NBC reported that a police officer unofficially reported that
she was the child's mother.
Someone at the conference called 911 and related what happened.
Photo: Video capture.
Investigators said the gun belonged to the father of the victim's two young children
, the station reported.
None of the children was injured and after the incident they were left in the care of other family members.
The case is under investigation and no charges have been filed.
"The investigation is ongoing and detectives are working
closely with the Seminole County State Attorney's Office
regarding any charges that may be appropriate for the owner of the firearm,"
the statement added in the statement. Altamonte Springs Police.
"If you have a firearm, please keep it in a locked place,"
said police officer Roberto Ruiz Jr. "Incidents like this could be avoided."
"If you have a firearm, please keep it in a locked place," said Officer Ruiz.
Photo: Video capture.
In 2020 there were at least 369 unintentional shootings of children under the age of 18 in the United States
, with 142 deaths, according to gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, which tracks the reports.
In February, in North Carolina,
a 25-year-old mother of five was inadvertently shot to death after her children found a gun in her purse
, Cornelius city police said.
There could be charges against the children's father for carelessness.
Photo: Facebook Video capture.
In April,
a 3-year-old boy in Houston found an unsecured firearm and fatally shot his 8-month-old brother
.
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