A 2-year-old boy, Jayse Damir Wilson, died from a gunshot wound to the head on December 23, 2020, at an apartment on the 800 block of Rice Street in Saint Paul. Medics were called at 1:12 p.m.; Jayse was pronounced dead eight minutes after the 911 call.

The criminal complaint identifies 39-year-old Earl Williams as the person who had been in the apartment and left a firearm unattended in the bathroom. According to the complaint, Williams called the boy’s mother saying Jayse had shot himself with the gun, then left the apartment carrying a blue bag and his jacket and told one of Jayse’s sisters to call 911. Surveillance footage shows Williams leaving the building shortly after the incident; no firearm was found at the scene when police arrived.

Williams later turned himself in on December 25, 2020, and was arrested on charges including second-degree manslaughter and two counts of possession of a firearm by an ineligible person. He was being held with bail set at $250,000. Does anyone have information about the circumstances in the apartment or the firearm that could help clarify what happened?