Damia Lee-Ann Barnett was a 3-year-old girl from Cincinnati who died of a gunshot wound to the head on October 5, 2018. Responders were called to a second-floor bedroom on Clovernook Avenue in Mount Healthy at about 4:33 p.m.; she was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:52 p.m. Her mother, Shani Barnett, and a neighbor on the second floor were both present and were questioned by police.

The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office reviewed the investigation and determined the shooting was accidental. No arrests were made and no suspects were identified. Damia, known to family as Fatter, loved Minnie Mouse, dancing and church; her funeral was at Greater Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church and she was buried at Union Baptist Cemetery.

What details about the case or the home’s circumstances around firearm storage are missing that might help explain how this happened?