Louisiana boy, 2, accidentally kills himself 'after his father made a shocking mistake'

A Louisiana father awoke to find his two-year-old boy dying from a gunshot coiled aft nan toddler pulled a limb from nether a pillow while nan dada slept.

Devonte Chambers, 29, told constabulary he had been smoking marijuana earlier taking nan small boy into a chamber of nan Baton Rouge location for a nap soon earlier 2 p.m. connected Sunday.

Chambers past fell dormant while watching a movie earlier nan kid saw nan gun's mag sticking retired from nether nan pillow wrong the home connected Sora Street.

Paramedics recovered nan toddler, besides named Devonte, pinch a slug spread successful his precocious torso earlier taking him to a section hospital, wherever he was declared dead.

'The dada had his weapon retired and his two-year-old boy was playing pinch his weapon and accidentally changeable himself,' said Lieutenant L'Jean McNeely of nan Baton Rouge Police Department.

Chambers' grandfather, Richard Brown, was cooking successful nan room of nan location erstwhile he heard a gunshot and saw his grandson travel retired of nan chamber holding nan fatally injured boy, he told WVLA.

'Oh my God my babe had been shot, Lord person mercy,' he said.

'I consciousness very unspeakable astir this.'

Police nan weapon had been bought by Chambers and had an extended magazine, which whitethorn person been sticking retired from nether nan pillow. 

Chambers was arrested and charged pinch negligent homicide astatine East Baton Rouge Parish Prison wherever he is being held connected a $75,000 bond. 

Less than 5 months ago, and 15 blocks to nan south, different Baton Rouge genitor awoke to nan sound of a gunshot erstwhile her young boy changeable himself pinch an unsecured weapon.

Arieana Scott, 22, had nan weapon stored successful a closet of nan location successful 69th Avenue and told constabulary she awoke astatine 9:30 a.m. connected March 20 to nan sound of a gunshot.

Prosecutors declare she called retired for nan four-year-old boy but went backmost to slumber aft proceeding nary reply.

When Scott yet sewage up, she recovered nan boy critically injured pinch a slug spread successful his shoulder.

It was revealed that nan mother tried to declare she didn't cognize wherever nan weapon came from because she had felony criminal record, according to WBRZ.

She past admitted to having nan handgun successful her chamber closet, though she does not cognize really nan four-year-old sewage to it, constabulary said.

When constabulary arrived and recovered nan gun, they obtained a warrant to hunt Scott's home.

They recovered a loaded .40 caliber Glock handgun equipped pinch a 'switch' that could person nan weapon into an automatic weapon. A ammunition casing was recovered successful nan boy's bedroom.

There is nary ineligible request successful Louisiana for guns successful a location to beryllium secured. 

Police besides recovered a ample container of marijuana successful Scott's location that had been packaged successful smaller baggies for distribution. 

Scott said nan cookware was her boyfriend's individual stash, earlier admitting she knew it wasn't for individual use.

Police charged Scott pinch improper supervision of a insignificant by a parent, possession of a firearm by a personification convicted of definite felonies, and possession of a instrumentality gun.