A 10-year-old boy, Lyndon Williams Jr., of Pasadena, Texas, died on November 27, 2022, after a handgun he retrieved discharged, striking him in the head. The shooting occurred at an apartment in the 2300 block of Red Bluff Road. The child was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.

The handgun belonged to his father, Lyndon Maurice Williams, 42. Court records state the revolver-style handgun had been left in plain view on a shelf in a bedroom closet; the gun safe did not lock and the father had placed the firearm under his mattress. The boy’s brother reported that Lyndon Jr. had sneaked into their father’s room, brought the gun into the living room, and it accidentally discharged. Lyndon Maurice Williams was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for making a firearm accessible to a child causing death.

The case prompted attention to safe firearm storage and the risks when children are left with access to unsecured guns. Does anyone have information about the apartment or the circumstances that led to the gun being left accessible?