Dallas Police have arrested a teenage boy who was in possession of a loaded gun when he visited his neighbors’ home causing an accidental shooting that killed a baby girl.
The unidentified 14-year-old is now facing unlawful carrying of a weapon and making a firearm accessible to a child charges.
He was booked into the Van Zandt County Juvenile Detention Facility on the two Class A misdemeanors as the investigation proceeds.
Early reports from Forney, about 25 miles east of Dallas, revealed that the fatal shooting occurred on Tuesday night when three children were left alone at home while their parent went shopping.
The 14-year-old boy who is the owner of the weapon stopped by the children’s neighboring home and was let inside.
Authorities are investigating how the boy ended up shooting dead the one-year-old at the home, but believe it was accidental.
The deceased girl’s brother, 9, had one of his fingers severed in the ordeal.
