I don’t want another family to ever feel the pain I'm feeling," Davis said. "We don’t want another tragedy like this to happen. He is charged with negligent manslaughter and unsafe storage of a firearm. He is being held at the Seminole County jail without bond.Two months after the incident, police identified the child's father, Veondre Avery, 22, as the owner of the firearm. The toddler, along with a second child of Avery and Lynn, has been staying with relatives since the shooting, according to police.Īvery faces charges of negligent manslaughter and unsafe storage of a firearm.
Investigators said there were no other firearms found in the home. However, a news release from the State Attorney’s Office of Seminole and Brevard Counties said the child located the gun inside a child’s “Paw Patrol” backpack.
Officers did not say where the toddler found the gun, only that it was unsecured inside the apartment where the shooting happened and easily accessible. “You have a responsibility as a gun owner to take care of those firearms.”
“Your decisions have consequences and this was just a decision that was a very poor one,” Ofc. Police said at the time that the gun belonged to the child’s father. Investigators said they determined a toddler had found a loaded gun in the apartment that was unsecured. First responders tried to help Lynn when they arrived, but police said she had been shot in the head. When officers arrived they found Avery trying to perform CPR on the victim, according to a news release. Witnesses told officers that they saw a toddler in the background, then heard a noise and Lynn fell away from view, records show. 11 while she was on a Zoom conference call for work, according to police. Police said Seminole County deputies arrested Veondre Avery on Tuesday, just over two months after the deadly shooting of Shamaya Lynn, 21. Altamonte Springs police have arrested the owner of a gun that was used by a toddler who shot and killed their mother while she was on a Zoom call.
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