A 20-year-old South Texas mother was arrested this week
after her 3-year-old son was shot in the chest with a revolver he found inside
of a vehicle, according to court documents.
Yesenia Cantu faces a Class A misdemeanor charge of making a
firearm accessible to a child, which carries up to one year in prison if
convicted. The McAllen Monitor reports Justice of the Peace Marcos Ochoa issued
her a $10,000 bond, and that she was formally charged Monday.
The incident occurred at about 7:10 p.m. on Oct. 24, 2015.
Hidalgo County Sheriff's Deputies met with Cantu’s aunt who
told them she was across the street from her house when Cantu and the child
arrived at her house. The aunt said the young boy got out of the car and walked
across the street to her while holding a revolver, according to a criminal
complaint obtained by mySA.com.
The aunt asked the boy if she could see the gun in order to
get it out of his hands, but the gun discharged as she was taking it away from
him, according to the complaint.
Cantu later told deputies she found the revolver in her
ex-husband’s car and she placed it in the center console of her mother’s car,
which she was driving at the time of the shooting incident, according to the
complaint.
She told deputies she was unsure when, or how her son knew
the gun was inside the vehicle.
The McAllen Monitor reported the child survived the shooting
after several surgeries.
Source: mySA.com
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