HIGH POINT, N.C. — High Point police arrested the third person in connection with the accidental shooting death of a 4-year-old boy.
Police said Jaequan Lamont Mills was charged with manslaughter and failure to store a firearm to protect a minor Monday.
The shooting happened July 25 at a home on Worth Street. Police said they found the boy with a gunshot wound to his head. The child was rushed to a local hospital where he later died.
Police said several adults were eating, playing cards, drinking, and smoking pot when the boy found the gun under a couch cushion and shot himself.
Two other people were arrested in the case.
The child’s mother, Jasmine Fagan, was charged with felony child abuse.
The homeowner, Cindy Gibson-Harris, was charged with felony possession of cocaine and maintaining a dwelling for the use of controlled substances.
Police said they found two other guns in the home, ammunition, and cocaine.