Arizona 3-year-old fatally shoots himself in face with meth grandma’s gun

[Playinghardball]

judge in Arizona on Thursday order a 35-year-old grandmother held in lieu of $500,000 bond after she was charged in the death of her 3-year-old grandson, who allegedly shot himself in the face with her handgun.

In a court appearance on Thursday, Yuma Justice of the Peace Greg Stewart notified Rachel B. Spry that she was charged with reckless manslaughter, possession of dangerous drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession or use of a weapon in a drug offense, according to the Yuma Sun.

The Yuma Police Department said that officers had arrested Spry on Wednesday after reports of a child being shot. Her grandson, 3-year-old Darrien Nez, was later pronounced dead at Yuma Regional Medical Center.

Court documents indicated that Spry had placed her 9mm handgun in a backpack and left it on top of a dryer while helping her daughter pack for a move. She had seen her grandson come into the room where the backpack was located, but she continued packing. About five minutes later, she heard a gunshot.

The court records also claimed that a methamphetamine pipe was found in the same backpack as the gun, and that she had admitted to using the drug the evening before the shooting occurred.

KYMA reported that Spry’s Facebook page included several photos of her with here family. There was also of photo of a Smith & Wesson handgun with the caption “my best friend.”

Watch the video from KYMA, broadcast May 2, 2013.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/03/arizona-3-year-old-fatally-shoots-himself-in-face-with-meth-grandmas-gun/

[Cali_Democrat]

1. "35-year-old grandmother"

A bit young to be a granny, no?

[Nevernose]

6. I once met a 22 year old grandmother.

The daughter was 10 and pregnant with her second child.

[CBGLuthier]

9. My mother was 17 when I was born as was her mother.

My grandmother who lived in a holler in Kentucky would have been 34 or 35 when I was born 50 years ago. Of course we all just a bunch of hillbillies and not the elite of america.

[Warpy]

10. One of my cousins was a granny at 32

We're the same age and I've always resented her for aging me like that.

She had her first at 15 (no abortion then) and her daughter had her first at 17.

[maxsolomon]

2. I was thinking that we'd had a day without a child shooting

but nope. This shit happens every day.

35 year old Grandmother with a meth pipe.

[geek tragedy]

3. Baby had to die because his grandma is utter trash.

Terrible.

[Melinda]

4. JFC!!!

People who leave loaded weapons laying around and easily accessible to children should be 1) criminally culpable and 2) made to undergo sterilization so as to ensure their stupidity gene (DNA distribution) can't be passed to future generations.

It seems as if another baby dies every day in 'Merica from this kind of stupid. Every. Damn. Day.

[marions ghost]

5. If this grandmother is charged

then so should the parents of the Kentucky kid who shot the little sister....

[vankuria]

7. But the NRA says

everyone having a gun makes you safer. And it's a safe bet the NRA would want this woman to be able to purchase weapons in the future, no questions asked!

[MagickMuffin]

8. Smith & Wesson handgun with the caption “my best friend.”

Too bad and isn't it a shame she didn't have the same emotional feelings for her grandson!

RIP lil' Darrien