Louisiana 4-Year-Old Boy Shot While Parents Were Under the Influence of Marijuana

Louisana police are investigating the shooting death of a 4-year-old whose adult guardians were allegedly under the influence of marijuana at the time. 

People reports, deputies were dispatched to 900 block of Stilwell Lane around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday, where a child suffered a single gunshot wound. Apparently, shots had fired and hit a vehicle the little boy was a passenger in with a younger sibling and two adults. The boy was transported to a nearby hospital but succumbed to the wound. 

Jefferson Parrish Sheriff’s Office says, “Our initial investigation has led our investigators to believe that the child was injured not by a hostile act, but a negligent one. Initial accounts are that the child was sitting in a vehicle outside a residence with a younger sibling and two adults.”

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“As the adults were smoking marijuana in the front seat, a shot was fired inside the vehicle that struck the victim, causing the fatal injury.”

No arrests have been made since it is unclear who was shooting. The investigation is ongoing.