Dad Arrested After Toddler Finds Gun In 'Paw Patrol' Bag, Shoots Mom Dead

A Florida man has been charged in connection to the death of his partner, who was fatally shot by the couple's 2-month-old son during a video call after the child found a loaded gun in a backpack.

Veondre Avery, 22, was arrested Tuesday over the death of his 21-year-old partner, Shamaya Lynn, on Aug. 11 at the couple’s home in Altamonte Springs, the Washington Post reported, citing a statement released by the state attorney's office for Seminole and Brevard counties.

Avery was charged with manslaughter and failure to securely store a firearm after a loaded gun he owned was left unsecured in a "Paw Patrol" backpack on the floor of the couple's bedroom. Their 2-year-old child later found the gun and accidentally discharged at Lynn's head while she was on a Zoom call with her co-workers, prosecutors said.

"Forensic evidence clearly established that the child possessed and independently fired the weapon," the statement read.

A woman who was on the same video call as Lynn called 911 and reported hearing a noise and seeing Lynn fall, a report by the Associated Press said.

"One of the girls passed out... She has the camera on. Her baby is crying in the back," one of Lynn's female co-workers told a 911 dispatcher.

"We heard a loud kabloom and then she leaned back and we just saw blood from her face," she explained.

Avery also reportedly called 911 and begged responders to hurry as he tried to help his partner.

Officers later arrived at Oaks of Spring Valley Apartments and found Avery performing CPR on Lynn, according to the attorneys' statement. Paramedics attempted to render aid to Lynn, but the single shot fired from behind her proved to be fatal and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The toddler who accidentally discharged the gun and another child who was also present in the home during the shooting were both unharmed and handed over to a relative of the family.

Avery is currently being held without bond at the Seminole County Jail. He faces up to 15 years in prison, 15 years of probation and a fine of $10,000 if convicted of manslaughter, which is a second-degree felony in Florida.

"Your decisions have consequences, and this was just a decision that was a very poor one," Altamonte Springs officer Roberto Ruiz Jr. said in a news conference.

"You have a responsibility as a gun owner to take care of those firearms," he added.

No trial date has been scheduled for Avery's case.