
>Previous coverage: Florida toddler fatally shoots woman during Zoom call, police say (and) my girlfriend who was working on the computer, she’s just laid back and there’s blood everywhere,” Avery said during the 911 call, according to the AP.

“I literally just got home and I come in the room. She then told operators, “We heard a loud kabloom and then she leaned back and we just saw blood from her face,” the Post reported.Īvery also called 911 asking for first responders to hurry while he tried to help Lynn, The Associated Press reported. “I don’t know where to begin,” the co-worker had told 911, according to The Washington Post. The caller said she saw the toddler in the background of the Zoom call, heard a sound, then Lynn fell backward. "My nephews won't’ be able to get their mom back, but a statement has to be said so other people understand the severity of not properly securing your guns.A coworker of Shamaya Lynn alerted 911 of the shooting, telling emergency responders that Lynn was in need of help. "I understand he made a mistake, but mistakes have consequences to me," said Tawanna Davis, Shamaya's aunt. Some family members say they would like Avery to pay for his actions. That means another one, two, three, four-year-old can do the same thing," Davis said. "If he could pick up a gun and actually shoot it. Her mother is trying to warn other families to lock up guns, especially around children. She did everything she could to have food on the table, a roof on their head, clothes on their backs. 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.

Two months after the incident, police identified the child's father, Veondre Avery, 22, as the owner of the firearm.
