CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — The grandmother and legal guardian of a Chesterfield boy who accidentally shot and killed himself Thursday night has identified her deceased grandson as 3-year-old King Edmonds.
"I'm at a loss right now; I really don't know what to say," Cenquetta Harris wrote in an online fundraiser she set up to help cover the unexpected costs associated with her grandson's death. "Please keep your babies safe and practice gun safety. I do not wish this pain on anyone."
Police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting death.
Jeffrey R. Greene, 37, was charged with felony child neglect and allowing a child access to a firearm.
According to police, the child gained access to the gun inside a home along Avalon Heights Road in the Winchester Green apartment complex Thursday evening and fatally shot himself.
Police said Greene, the gun's owner, lived in the home where the child died but is not related to him.
Harris identified Greene as her boyfriend.
The investigation into the death is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to call Chesterfield police at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660.
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