A Florida mom was charged within the loss of life of her husband after their 2-year-old son appeared to fatally shoot him within the again, authorities mentioned Monday.
Marie Ayala, 26, was charged with one depend of manslaughter by culpable negligence after failing to correctly safe a Glock handgun that the boy is believed to have shot his father with whereas he was taking part in a online game, in keeping with an arrest affidavit from the Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace.
The boy’s 5-year-old brother instructed authorities that his sibling by chance fired the gun, the affidavit says.
“The gun was not correctly saved, and actually, it was simply accessible even to a two-year-old, and the result’s a tragedy on this neighborhood that nobody can comprehend,” Orange County Sheriff John Mina instructed reporters, in keeping with NBC affiliate WESH.
In a press release, the division added: “The youngsters weren’t injured bodily, however they may seemingly carry emotional wounds endlessly. Not solely have they successfully misplaced each dad and mom, the toddler who by chance shot his father within the again must develop up with the data that his actions precipitated his dad’s loss of life. In the event you personal a gun, all the time be accountable.”
Ayala instructed investigators that the couple and their three youngsters — together with an toddler — had been within the bed room of their Orlando residence on Could 26 when the gun went off and a bullet struck her husband, Reggie Mabry, the affidavit says.
On the time, the Glock was loaded with an prolonged high-capacity journal, the affidavit says. Mabry was pronounced lifeless at an area hospital, in keeping with the affidavit.
Ayala mentioned the gun had been saved underneath a pillow, in a field within the closet and generally in a secure that was damaged, the affidavit says. On the time of the taking pictures, she mentioned it was in a bag close to some soiled laundry, although she added that the weapon may have slipped out of the bag whereas it was being held on the wall, the affidavit says.
“I then requested Marie Ayala if she thought the gun being saved in a bag, three ft above the bottom, was secure with youngsters within the room,” the affidavit quotes a sheriff’s detective saying. “She suggested it was not secure. She acknowledged that any little one within the room may have discovered how one can get the gun out of the bag.”
The 5-year-old boy individually instructed his mom, the detective and a employee from the native little one safety company that his brother fired the gun, the affidavit says.
Ayala, who was additionally charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, appeared in court docket Saturday and was being held in lieu of $10,000 bond, jail data present. A message left with the native public defender’s workplace, which is representing Ayala, was not instantly returned.
