Atlanta police have charged a mother and her boyfriend with second-degree murder after the woman’s 3-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the head last month.
Ashley Crystal Kelly and Denzel Thomas also face second-degree cruelty to children charges in the shooting, which happened July 28 in southwest Atlanta.
Officers were sent to a home on Manor Lane about 11 a.m., police spokesman Officer Steve Avery told AJC.com. The child, identified as Aiden Kelly, had shot himself with a gun that was inside the house, according to police.
The boy was rushed to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding in critical condition. Aiden died hours later.
Kelly and Thomas were booked into the Fulton County Jail on Aug. 10 and remain there with no bond.
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