2 charged after toddler critically injured in accidental shooting
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Two 26-year-olds who were arrested in August were formally charged today with neglect of a dependent resulting in serious injury, according to court documents.
Antreaun Rice and Anaya Velazquez were charged formally today by the Marion County Prosecutor’s office.
The two were arrested after a 3-year-old was found shot in a car last month.
According to court documents, Antreaun Rice and Anaya Velazquez failed to keep a gun out of reach of the toddler and that act resulted in serious bodily injury, which was a gunshot wound.
A relative of the child tells News 8 that he is expected to make a full recovery after surgery.
Just after 5:05 p.m. on August 28, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were first sent to South Belmont Avenue on a report of a person shot. While on their way, they were then sent to the intersection of South Harding Street and West Morris Street, where they found the boy shot at a Wendy’s restaurant.