3-Year-Old Finds Dad's Loaded Glock, And You Know The Rest Of The Story

Elijah was only three years old and should still be alive, and not with his memory posted on a GoFundMe to garner donations for his funeral. Gun safety guidelines are so simple to follow that we should never hear stories like this one, but they are all too common.

An Allentown man is facing charges now after his 3-year-old son found a loaded Glock Dad left under the sofa where Elijah and another toddler were sitting and fatally shot himself in the chest. The father might as well have handed the gun to the poor kid. And please don't say I'm being hard on the father. It's simple: Lock your guns up, especially if you have children in the house.

WFMZ reports:

Jose Hilario Abreu, 28, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in which the victim is under 12 years of age and two counts of endangering the welfare of children; violating a duty of care which creates a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury for a child age 6 and younger, according to a news release from the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.

All the charges are second-degree felonies.

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