Three-year-old Cessa Joy Salvato of Killeen, Texas, died of a gunshot wound on April 18, 2015. She was found with the injury at her home in the 3600 block of Del Mar Court and was pronounced dead at Metroplex Hospital. Cessa had been born June 29, 2011.

Court documents state that her father, 27-year-old Ashton Salvato, was handling an AR-15 and said he did not see a round in the chamber before he pulled the trigger. He was charged with manslaughter and held in the Bell County Jail on one-million-dollar bond. The Killeen Police Department distributed free gun locks and urged safer handling after the incident.

Neighbors expressed shock and sorrow at the loss. If anyone has information about the events at Del Mar Court on April 18, 2015, please come forward.