Girl is shot dead by her playmate after the two five-year-olds found a gun unattended in a bedroom - with weapon s owner, 36, charged with second-degree murder
Jada Willingham died on Friday at the Children s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Hospital after she was shot in the face at the Lithonia, Georgia, home
Jada was one of four children at the Madras Court home when the shooting occurred
According to a babysitter at the scene, Jada and the girl found the gun in another room and were playing with it
Police arrived at the scene to find the elderly woman trying to stop the blood that was gushing from the little girl s head
Georgia girl, 5, accidentally killed by friend playing with gun
Jada Willingham was shot in the head and is being mourned by the community
A young girl lost her life at just 5-years old.
Jada Willingham was staying with a babysitter in Lithonia, Georgia Friday when she and a friend found a loaded gun in the home and began to play with it, resulting in Willingham being shot in the head. She was taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Hospital and passed away from her injuries, per
At the time, there were four children at the 1800 block of Madras Court home located in DeKalb County. The police arrived around 3:20 p.m. and discovered the child bleeding and her caretaker, a 68-year-old grandmother to one of the children, trying to stop the bleeding.
“The babysitter showed so much negligence when my daughter got shot,” Walker told a TV station. “Words can’t explain how that little girl was, and I’ll never see her again. I’ll never get another