Boy, 6, playing with gun fatally shoots 4-year-old brother

Shortly before 11 a.m., East Orange police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Norman Street in East Orange.

Police are investigating how he got ahold of his mother’s gun.

At this point, the shooting appears to be accidental, according to Fennelly. Authorities have arrested Itiyanah Spruill, age 22 with endangerment welfare of a child and unlawful possession of weapon violation in related to her son’s death.

The boy is listed in serious condition at University Hospital in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said.

The New Jersey family of a six-year-old boy who fatally shot his four-year-old brother in the head while playing with a gun has started a fundraiser to help pay for funeral costs as their mother is now facing charges. Bail was set at $310,000. “As the victim undergoes emergency surgery, our primary concern is for his well-being and recovery”. He added, “Our thoughts are with him and his family”.

“This is insane”, neighbor Vania Limage said. “This is insane”, neighbor Vania Limage told CBS New York. “So people should not have a gun around a four-year-old and a six-year-old”. Spruill has a number of run ins with the law regarding gun possession and is not the guardian of her children.

Neighbors told CBS New York they were stunned.