Fort Bragg soldier faces charges after 4 year old son kills himself with gun

Soldier dad charged in 4 year old's shooting death
ABC
November 17, 2013

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Fayetteville police said a 4-year-old boy playing with a loaded handgun shot and killed himself Saturday morning.

Police responded to a home in the 1600 block of Stanford Court just before 10:45 a.m.

Investigators said Killian Perez got the loaded handgun from on top of a refrigerator and shot himself.

Police said Killian's father, 32-year-old Jeffery David Perez, was home alone watching the 4-year-old and two twin babies while the mom was in Durham visiting a family member at the hospital. When officers arrived, police said Perez was frantically trying to save his son's life.

"He was understandably very distraught and when we arrived on scene he had attempted to administer aid to the child. He was in shock, he had all the symptoms of being in shock and understandably upset," said Fayetteville Police Sgt. Steven Bates.

Emergency crews tried to save the child, but he was pronounced dead at the home.

Detectives arrested Perez and charged him with involuntary manslaughter and failure to secure a firearm. He was taken to the Cumberland County Detention Center but has been released on his own recognizance.

Perez is a soldier in the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bragg.
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