Two-year-old Romell Antonio Richardson died on April 27, 2023, after an accidental gunshot to the head at the family home on Kents Store Street on San Antonio’s West Side. The child reportedly tried to reach for water, knocked a loaded firearm off a television, and it fell, discharged on impact, and struck him.

Family members drove Romell to Christus Santa Rosa Hospital – Westover Hills; he was later transferred to University Hospital for trauma care and pronounced dead at 8:51 a.m. SAPD officers interviewed both parents and the household’s three-year-old sibling, who was unharmed and later placed with a relative. No charges had been filed and the investigation remained open as authorities reviewed whether legal action was warranted.

If anyone has information about the circumstances on Kents Store Street that morning, please share what you know.