A Florida couple was thrown behind bars after their four-year-old twins shot themselves with a loaded handgun they discovered stuffed underneath a sofa cushion — a weapon their mother had allegedly forgotten to safe following an evening of ingesting.
Keishara Goodrum, 39, and Maurice Wayne Vivid Jr., 40, had been arrested Saturday after their younger twins suffered essential gunshot wounds — together with one to the arm — when the boys found the gun whereas enjoying in the lounge of their Orlando house, in keeping with the Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace.
The careless mother advised police she had been ingesting closely the evening earlier than and stashed her gun underneath a sofa cushion in the lounge as a result of she wasn’t sporting clothes with a waistband, an arrest affidavit obtained by The Submit mentioned.
The following morning, the dad and mom had been busy in the home when a loud “pop” rang out, the doc mentioned.
Goodrum, who was making breakfast for her 5 kids, ran out of the kitchen and located one boy with a bullet wound close to his arm. Whereas dashing to a neighborhood hospital, the allegedly negligent couple realized the opposite boy had a “great amount of blood in his shirt,” and was additionally shot, police mentioned.
Each kids had been later transported to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Kids for therapy.
The twins stay hospitalized in essential however steady situation.
Police mentioned three different firearms had been additionally discovered contained in the household house.
Goodrum was charged with two counts of kid neglect with nice bodily hurt, and Vivid was hit with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The Division of Kids and Households now has custody of their kids, WFTV reported.
The dad and mom are reportedly every being held on $10,000 bonds.
