The parents of a 3-year-old toddler who shot and killed his 2-year-old brother have been charged with manslaughter , Kentucky authorities said.
“This was very much avoidable,” said Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders during a news conference addressing the shooting. “This shooting death was caused by the fact that two adults left a loaded handgun with a round in the chamber within reach of a three-year-old child they did not supervise.”
The 23-year-old mother, Selena Farrell, was arraigned Friday on charges of second-degree manslaughter and other charges, according to court records. The children’s father, 21-year-old Tashaun Adams, was arrested on second-degree manslaughter charges. He has not yet been arraigned, Sanders said.
The 2-year-old boy was fatally shot on Monday afternoon in an apartment in Northern Kentucky. Police said they arrived at the home around 12:45 p.m. local time and rushed the toddler to the hospital where he later died.
Covington police said the mother allegedly fled the scene before law enforcement arrived, local media WKRC reported , and never showed up at the hospital where her son, Khalil Adams, died.