Aabriel Cecil Lonnell Jones Jr., age 4, died at home in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 9, 2015, after a loaded .40-caliber Smith and Wesson semi-automatic handgun discharged. The gun had been left on a nightstand by his father, Aabriel Jones Sr., who was working outside when the child found the weapon and it fired, striking the boy in the head. Emergency personnel pronounced the child dead at the scene after his father discovered him unresponsive and called for help.

The shooting was investigated and ruled accidental. The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office reviewed the case and announced that no charges would be filed against Aabriel Jones Sr., citing insufficient evidence to pursue allegations of child neglect.

Did anyone in the neighborhood or community know whether the household kept firearms secured before this tragedy?