Jessinya Mina was 22 and a mother of two young children when she died from a single gunshot wound on the evening of December 6, 2024. She was in bed at her home in the Butterfly Grove apartment complex in northeast Fresno when her 2-year-old son found an unsecured 9mm handgun, manipulated the trigger and the weapon discharged, striking Mina in the upper body. First responders transported her to Community Regional Medical Center, where she died despite lifesaving efforts.

Police identified the firearm as belonging to Mina’s 18-year-old boyfriend, Andrew Sanchez, and say he left the loaded gun where the toddler could reach it. Sanchez was arrested on felony child endangerment and criminal storage of a firearm charges, posted a $30,000 bond and was released under conditions that include no firearms, no contact with Mina’s family and pretrial supervision. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment on December 20, 2024, and the case was set toward a pre-preliminary hearing in February.

Mina’s family described her as a loving, selfless woman who had been returning to cosmetology school and had goals for the future. Does anyone have information about the circumstances in the apartment that evening or the events leading up to December 6, 2024?