How Could You?Hall of Shame-Codrick Mantrell McCall Jr case-Child Death UPDATED

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From Houston, Texas,  foster son ,4-year-old Codrick Mantrell McCall Jr., “somehow got hold of a loaded handgun and shot himself” to death.

“”My son was being cared for by a temporary guardian,” he said. “I had just dropped him off at that woman’s house the night before he died.”

McCall said his son was being cared for by a temporary guardian in what amounts to a temporary foster home when his son found a gun in the room where he was sleeping and accidentally shot himself.

Channel 2 Investigates has confirmed that before Sunday morning’s accidental shooting, Child Protective Services had been investigating the young boy’s parents and had put 4-year-old Codrick on what’s called a parental child safety plan.

However, CPS officials said it was the parents’ decision to put Codrick in that particular home with that caregiver.

It is a crime to leave a loaded, unlocked firearm in an area where a young child can get hold of it.

Several people in the home where the accidental shooting took place are being questioned by the Precinct 4 Constable’s Office and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department.

“It’s a matter of life and death,” said gun expert Cameron Liss, a gun sales associate at The Arms Room, a gun store and gun range.

He said you can buy simple gun-locking devices for as little as $10 and up if you don’t have a lock for your handgun, many police departments will provide one for free.

Lock boxes are particularly simple to use and can be opened in three seconds with a simple twist of a key.

As for who’s to blame for this tragedy and who made that deadly weapon so easily accessible to a young boy, that will be up to a grand jury to decide.”

HCSO: 4-year-old dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound[Click 2 Houston 3/1/15 by Bill Spencer]

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Update:”Authorities say a Houston-area woman faces a weapons charge after a 4-year-old boy staying at her home found a gun and fatally shot himself.

KPRC-TV reports Franchesia Parrish has been charged with misdemeanor making a firearm accessible to a child.

Harris County prosecutors announced the charge Friday in the March 1 death of Codrick McCall Jr. Investigators have Cordick located a gun at the residence and shot himself.

Online jail records Saturday didn’t immediately list custody information for Parrish or an attorney to speak for her. . Details weren’t immediately available on Parrish’s relationship with the boy. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office didn’t immediately provide additional information.

Conviction on the firearms count carries penalties of up to a year in custody and a $4,000 fine.”

Houston Woman Charged after 4-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Himself [KIIITV 10/2/15 by AP]