On Saturday, June 25, 2016, 4-year-old Christopher Spruill was fatally shot inside his family home in East Orange, New Jersey. According to reports, his 5-year-old older brother found a handgun belonging to their mother and accidentally fired it, striking Christopher in the head. Christopher was taken to a Newark hospital and died later that day.

Their mother, 22-year-old Itiyanah Spruill, was at the home when the shooting occurred and was arrested that night on charges including endangering the welfare of a child and a weapons violation. It was reported that the gun used belonged to Ms. Spruill; it was not immediately clear how the older child accessed the weapon. The older brother was placed in the care of his grandmother and the community helped cover funeral costs for Christopher.

Does anyone have information about the household circumstances before June 25, 2016, or recall anything unusual in the neighborhood around that time?