Police: Gun under pillow fires while guard sleeps, kills boy

Published January 20, 2016

New Orleans police say they have arrested a 42-year-old security guard in the death of her grandson, who apparently was shot when the gun under her pillow went off while they slept.

Officer Garry Flot says in a news release that the bullet hit the boy in the chest about 2:10 a.m. Wednesday. The child died at a nearby hospital.

Flot says Deonca Kennedy was arrested Wednesday on charges of negligent homicide, cruelty to a juvenile and child desertion.

He says the investigation is continuing.

___

This story has been corrected to show that grandmother is 42, not 45.

URL

https://www.foxnews.com/us/police-gun-under-pillow-fires-while-guard-sleeps-kills-boy