Melissa Clay, 37, was shot in the chest and died in her Baton Rouge home on the evening of October 13, 2016. Deputies from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office found her on the living room floor after a 911 call; she was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.

Melissa’s 20-year-old son, Dexter Clay, was at the scene applying pressure to her wound and told officers the shooting was accidental. He described a physical altercation in which his mother asked him to leave, struck him with a bicycle tire air pump, and at one point pushed him onto a sofa and bit him on the chest. Dexter said a gun in his pocket fell, the magazine detached, and after he reinserted it and was struck again, the firearm discharged, fatally wounding Melissa.

Dexter Clay was arrested and booked on one count of negligent homicide. Does anyone have information about the case disposition or knew Melissa and can help fill in what happened?