Dandre Pruitt (MNPD) A Tennessee man faces charges after his 3-year-old son fatally shot himself with the father's unsecured gun. Police respon
A Tennessee man faces charges after his 3-year-old son fatally shot himself with the father’s unsecured gun.
Police responded to a call on Oakwood Avenue in Nashville on Wednesday evening, where Aydeen Pruitt was found with a gunshot wound to the head. The boy was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Dandre Pruitt, 23, the boy’s father, fled the scene but surrendered to authorities the following day.
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He admitted to leaving the loaded pistol on the bedroom floor, where Aydeen accessed it.
Pruitt was charged with reckless homicide, child neglect, and evidence tampering. This tragedy occurred just over a year after Pruitt’s 4-year-old daughter, Taliyah Frazier, was killed in a drive-by shooting.
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