Ja’Mecca Smith was the youngest of seven children, the baby of the family. She loved tic-tac-toe and the Disney movie “Frozen” and the colour red. She was a member of the first grade honor roll, a cheerful little girl with a sense of humour and a gap-toothed smile.
But police say a combination of negligence, a child’s curiosity and cruel circumstance ended her life Saturday, when Ja’Mecca accidentally shot herself in the head with a loaded gun she found tucked between the cushions of a sofa in her father’s home.
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, police arrived at Ja’Mecca’s father’s Atlanta apartment Saturday morning to find the 6-year-old dead and her father gone. Authorities said the father, 25-year-old Demarqo Smith, briefly fled the apartment before returning to speak with police.
Source: National Post
This is so sad! That father should be booked for negligent homicide.
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Tim he actually was don’t remember the actual charge but he was arrested
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This is awful! I can’t imagine how you live with something like this for the rest of your life. So sad to see that such a young soul died so early. R.I.P
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We shared this story but it was really really hard to because we knew this would be so sad for most mothers to read
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Maybe it will result in some parents being extra careful. You never know how far your reach is.
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That is our ultimate prayer.Children see guns on television and videos and on the games and television the guns are shown in a playful/less dangerous way so kids really dont understand the dangers of them until its too late
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