KANSAS CITY— A Kansas City area man faces charges after his toddler son shot and killed himself with the father's loaded firearm. Ronald L. Lewis, Grandview, Mo., faces 1st Degree Involuntary Manslaughter, a class C felony, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson.
If convicted, Lewis could face three to ten years in prison.
According to court records, On November 2, Kansas City police were dispatched to a residence on a reported shooting and were told that the two-year-old victim suffered a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was later declared deceased at the local hospital.
Lewis told detectives he was sitting on the couch in the residence with the victim when he heard a single gunshot next to him and noticed the boy was shot in the head. Lewis told detectives he previously placed his loaded handgun under a pillow on the couch he and the boy were seated on.
The defendant is in custody on a $30,000 bond.