A man was arrested after his 8-year-old son found his gun in a Florida motel room, fatally shot a 1-year-old girl and wounded her 2-year-old sister, authorities said.
The shooting unfolded Saturday night in Pensacola and investigators alleged the father attempted to cover up the incident by removing the gun and suspected drugs from the room before sheriff's deputies were called to the scene.
"Roderick leaves the hotel, but leaves his firearm in a closet [in] apparently what he thought was a safe holster," Simmons said."He pulls the gun from the holster, starts playing with it and fires a round into the 1-year-old toddler, ultimately killing the 1-year-old," Simmons said. "This is not how we treat our children," Simmons said."Our hearts go out to the rest of the families. This is ridiculous."He was booked at the Escambia County Jail on $41,000 bond.Kacey's mother was not charged in the episode.
Simmons alleged that Hart was apparently intoxicated when she showed up at the Ticket Sports Bar on Saturday night and stayed for about 20 minutes. He said bar employees stopped Hart from leaving due to her impaired condition and called the sheriff's office.
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