A 3-year-old boy, Jahmez Hunt, died on the afternoon of July 29, 2014, after an accidental shooting inside his Wichita, Kansas, home on East Lincoln. Jahmez, born December 10, 2010, climbed onto a counter to reach a cabinet above the refrigerator where a handgun was stored and shot himself in the chest just before 5 p.m. He was taken to Via Christi Hospital St. Francis and died during surgery.

At the time, Jahmez’s mother and her boyfriend, 30-year-old Mario T. Benjamin, were asleep in another room; two sisters, ages 6 and 8, and a 7-year-old brother were in the house. Investigators say one child had shown the gun to the others earlier that day. Benjamin was arrested and booked on suspicion of criminal possession of a firearm after authorities determined he was a convicted felon and could not legally possess a gun; his record includes convictions for aggravated assault and domestic battery. Jahmez’s mother was reported to be unaware a gun was in the home.

Did anyone in the Wichita area see or hear about children being allowed access to unsecured firearms in that neighborhood that afternoon?