Serenity Allen was a 5-year-old girl from Jacksonville, Florida, who died on February 4, 2017, after an accidental shooting in her family’s apartment. An 8-year-old brother, left home alone with his younger siblings, found a firearm and accidentally discharged a single shot that killed Serenity and injured a 4-year-old brother. The children’s mother had left the apartment to go to a store; reports do not state how long the children were unattended or exactly how they accessed the gun.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigation found the firearm had been left in the apartment by Maurice Antonio Mobley, a convicted felon and the children’s mother’s ex-boyfriend. Mobley was later found guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; the State Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case. The Florida Department of Children and Families and the state attorney’s office also reviewed whether additional charges were warranted.

Does anyone have information about the circumstances that allowed the firearm to be accessible to the children?