Gun Under Grandma's Pillow Kills Toddler, Police Say

[joeybee12]

A New Orleans woman was arrested Wednesday morning after her 3-year-old grandson was shot and killed when a gun under her pillow apparently went off while they slept, authorities said.

Deonca Kennedy, 42, was arrested early Wednesday morning on charges of negligent homicide, child desertion and second-degree cruelty to a juvenile, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

In a statement obtained by NBC News, police said they were called to the scene around 2:12 a.m. local time after reports of a child shot. The initial investigation showed Kennedy was asleep in her bed with her grandson with a gun underneath her pillow, they said. Detectives believe the gun discharged and struck the child in the chest.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gun-under-grandma-s-pillow-kills-toddler-police-say-n500461

Poor little guy.

[REP]

1. Guns don't "go off" by themselves.

Either the child found the gun or grandma was tired of babysitting.

[saturnsring]

4. like the guy who shot his kid b/c he thought the kid was breaking in,in the story the reporter said

the gun discharged like the fking thing was floating in the air and just went off

[maxsolomon]

8. Not even if the safety was off and it was inadvertently touched by a sleeping person?

odds are this was neglect and not murder.

how sad that she felt so unsafe the gun was under her pillow.

[KamaAina]

9. And this happened in far from the worst neighborhood in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/01/toddler_killed_by_gun_in_bed.html

A 3-year-old boy was fatally shot Wednesday morning (Jan. 20) while he was in bed sleeping with his grandmother, New Orleans police said. Authorities said he was shot by a gun under the pillow.

According to preliminary information from the New Orleans Police Department, the shooting happened shortly after 2 a.m. in the 5600 block of Red Maple Drive in the Michoud area. The 45-year-old grandmother, who works as a security guard, told police she was sleeping in bed with her grandson when her semi-automatic gun, which was under the pillow, fired.

That's all the way at the eastern edge of town, across the Industrial Canal. I was expecting it to be in Central City, where many people likely feel so unsafe they have guns under her pillows.

[REP]

11. Not even then

Most pistols have at least 7.5 lb trigger pull (some have as much as 25 lb). It's highly unlikely she worked her hand into the trigger guard while asleep, got a finger on the trigger and just then had a sleep paroxysm severe enough to fire the gun exactly at her grandson's center mass.

[saturnsring]

2. guns DO kill people it seems

[SoCalMusicLover]

3. No Worries, Just Have Daughter Make A New Grandson

At least the gun under the pillow kept her safe. Very responsible gun owner.

[KamaAina]

10. Was that really necessary?

[ileus]

5. On your person or locked up.

Safety first...

[Piasladic]

6. When I was a kid

My mom was a nurse and sometimes had to work nights, so often she had to leave before I got home from school. I always knew she was thinking of me because she'd leave a note and/or some (usually old-lady) candy under the pillows to let me know she loved me. Imagine if I found a gun instead...

[onehandle]

7. Guns don't kill people. Gun owners do. nt

[SwankyXomb]

13. +a lot

[Electric Monk]

12. Feeling safer yet, Mrs. Kennedy?

[iandhr]

14. The only thing that stops an bad granny with a gun is a good three year old with a gun.

NRA logic.

[Crunchy Frog]

15. Guns don't kill people. Idiots with guns kill people.

Glad that she's been arrested and charged, at least.

[B Calm]

16. What amazes me is they arrested her. Is the woman white?

[sarisataka]

17. :

[B Calm]

19. Guess not.

But I didn't think she would be!

[Electric Monk]

18. mugshot (guess what, she's not white)

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/2016/01/20/toddler-killed-after-grandmothers-gun-discharges/79046818/

[REP]

20. See also: Barbara Stager

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Stager

Only she did this twice, "accidentally" killing two husbands.

[Nye Bevan]

21. She deserves at least 10 to 15 years in prison.

Clear case of manslaughter.