A man was arrested along with his son after the boy allegedly shot and killed another child using a gun found in his father’s vehicle in Sacramento, California.
The victim, also 10 years old, was found by authorities bleeding from the neck and head in a parking lot on Saturday around 4:30 p.m., CNN reports.
The boy was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“Several witnesses told police that the individual(s) responsible ran towards an apartment to take refuge,” the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The police therefore arrested Arkete Davis, 53, as well as her 10-year-old son.
During their investigation, authorities determined that the boy allegedly went to his father’s vehicle to get his cigarettes, but grabbed his pistol.
The child then allegedly bragged to the victim that his father had a gun before shooting in his direction.
The weapon was later found in a nearby trash can.
Mr. Davis was prohibited from possessing a weapon at the time of the incident.
He will face several charges related to carrying a weapon and endangering his son.
The latter is being held in a juvenile detention center and has been charged with murder.
In total, more than 1,600 children and adolescents were killed as a result of gun violence in the United States in 2023, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive website.
