Matthew Jenkins
A two-year old was shot and killed early Monday morning in Bradley County.
Around 12:45 a.m. on Monday, the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported gunshot at a residence on Hancock Road NE.
Upon arrival, the mother advised her two-year-old child had suffered an accidental gunshot wound.
The child was immediately transported to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest and later passed away.
The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division detectives responded to the scene and conducted a preliminary investigation. It was then discovered that the firearm had been left unsecured and the child was able to gain access to it.
After consulting with the District Attorney’s Office, the father, Matthew Daniel Jenkins, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide.