Roman Fransisco Aguilera Ortiz was a 4-year-old boy who died in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, on February 28, 2022, from an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He found a loaded semi-automatic Glock pistol that had been left unsecured on a table in his older brother’s bedroom, picked it up, and was fatally shot. Roman was home with his 13-year-old brother, who discovered him after the shooting.

Investigators arrested two people in connection with the incident. One was 18-year-old Victor Lara-Ortiz, Roman’s older brother; authorities say the gun had been left on a bedroom table with the door open and unlocked, and Lara-Ortiz later turned himself in. The other was 31-year-old William Thomas, who investigators allege illegally purchased the firearm for Lara-Ortiz and provided false information on the purchase application. Thomas reportedly had a prior criminal conviction that should have barred him from buying a gun.

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