Steve Prezant/Getty Images(NEW YORK) Draquine Floyd Jr. was visiting a family member in April when the 7-year-old found a loaded handgun. While handling it, the gun accidentally discharged, killing him, according to police.
Floyd s grandmother, Dorothy Parks, said what her family is going through doesn t seem real.
"I will never ever see his little smile again. We will never see you again, not in person. I will never hear his little voice say grandma again," Parks told Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, ABC affiliate WPDE after the shooting.
"Although it s an accident, you have to be careful. I m a gun owner myself, but there is no way on God s green earth that I would want to put anyone s family through this. You all have got to secure your weapons. Have them, but secure them. Protect our babies. It s too many of our children dying here," Parks said.
Floyd s great uncle has been charged with failure to secure a firearm to protect a minor, according to WPDE.
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