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Mar 29 - Boy, 4, dies after shooting himself and his mother with his father's handgun - ThatHustle.com
Charged: Jamal A Woolford Sr was arrested in Maryland for giving his son, 4, access to a gun that the boy used to accidentally shoot himself and his mother
Boy, 4, dies after shooting himself and his mother with his father's handgun
A four-year-old boy is dead after he accidentally shot himself and wounded his mother with a handgun that belonged to his father.
Jamal A Woolford Jr died from a gunshot wound to the chest after the gun he was holding had fired, and the same bullet grazed his 24-year-old mother, Shanice A Kellam, in the hand and arm.
The boy's father, Jamal A Woolford Sr, 29, was arrested for making the gun accessible to his son by keeping the weapon in a bedroom.
The boy's mother was asleep inside a home in Hebron, Maryland earlier this month when she was awoken by a sensation on her body.
She quickly realized that she had been shot in two different locations.
Ms Kellam then found her son, who wasn't moving, beside her.
A 44-caliber revolver was nearby.
The weapon belonged to the elder Woolford, police say.
The young boy likely got access to the gun and then went on or near the bed where his mother lay, police said.
Authorities believe that the gun went off and a bullet hit the boy and then struck Ms Kellam.
Struck by bullet: Shanice A Kellam woke up wounded at her home (pictured) next to her child, Jamal A Woolford Jr, who mistakenly set off his father's gun
The boy died from his injuries.
Woolford Sr was arrested on Tuesday after weeks of investigation from the Maryland State Police revealed that the father kept the handgun in a bedroom where it was easily available for the boy.
A Wicomico County grand jury indicted Woolford Sr this week with manslaughter, permitting firearm access by a minor, reckless endangerment and possession with intent to distribute ? .
'Always smiles': Neighbours say the four-year-old boy who died from self-inflicted gunshots inside a bedroom (pictured) was a good, happy child
The father, who has a history of drug arrests, was also charged with other counts related to drugs.
At the community where the family lived, neighbour Richards Logan told WJLA.com that the young boy was a happy child.
He said to the television station: 'He was a good kid, energetic. He was always smiles. I don't think I ever saw him upset.'
More: Mar 29 - Boy, 4, dies after shooting himself and his mother with his father's handgun - ThatHustle.com
Charged: Jamal A Woolford Sr was arrested in Maryland for giving his son, 4, access to a gun that the boy used to accidentally shoot himself and his mother
Boy, 4, dies after shooting himself and his mother with his father's handgun
A four-year-old boy is dead after he accidentally shot himself and wounded his mother with a handgun that belonged to his father.
Jamal A Woolford Jr died from a gunshot wound to the chest after the gun he was holding had fired, and the same bullet grazed his 24-year-old mother, Shanice A Kellam, in the hand and arm.
The boy's father, Jamal A Woolford Sr, 29, was arrested for making the gun accessible to his son by keeping the weapon in a bedroom.
The boy's mother was asleep inside a home in Hebron, Maryland earlier this month when she was awoken by a sensation on her body.
She quickly realized that she had been shot in two different locations.
Ms Kellam then found her son, who wasn't moving, beside her.
A 44-caliber revolver was nearby.
The weapon belonged to the elder Woolford, police say.
The young boy likely got access to the gun and then went on or near the bed where his mother lay, police said.
Authorities believe that the gun went off and a bullet hit the boy and then struck Ms Kellam.
Struck by bullet: Shanice A Kellam woke up wounded at her home (pictured) next to her child, Jamal A Woolford Jr, who mistakenly set off his father's gun
The boy died from his injuries.
Woolford Sr was arrested on Tuesday after weeks of investigation from the Maryland State Police revealed that the father kept the handgun in a bedroom where it was easily available for the boy.
A Wicomico County grand jury indicted Woolford Sr this week with manslaughter, permitting firearm access by a minor, reckless endangerment and possession with intent to distribute ? .
'Always smiles': Neighbours say the four-year-old boy who died from self-inflicted gunshots inside a bedroom (pictured) was a good, happy child
The father, who has a history of drug arrests, was also charged with other counts related to drugs.
At the community where the family lived, neighbour Richards Logan told WJLA.com that the young boy was a happy child.
He said to the television station: 'He was a good kid, energetic. He was always smiles. I don't think I ever saw him upset.'
More: Mar 29 - Boy, 4, dies after shooting himself and his mother with his father's handgun - ThatHustle.com