Royal Seven Clark was a toddler who died after an accidental shooting on September 5, 2023, at the Walton Ridge Apartment Homes in Marietta, Georgia. The one-year-old, just shy of his second birthday, found a loaded firearm that had been left accessible and shot himself in the head. Emergency responders from Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services and the Cobb County Police Department attempted life-saving measures, but the child was pronounced deceased at Kennestone Hospital.

Royal’s father, 30-year-old Conrad Carrington Clark, was taken into custody. An arrest warrant alleges Clark left a loaded gun where a young child could reach it and notes he is a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms. He faces charges including involuntary manslaughter, reckless conduct, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and is being held at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center without bond. The family called the shooting a tragic accident and is planning a memorial in place of the birthday they had been preparing to celebrate.

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