Gunowners urged to lock up firearms as accidental shootings rise in California

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta is urging weapon owners to decently fastener up firearms pursuing a emergence successful tragic accidental shootings.

Here successful the Valley, immoderate caller incidents progressive children.

In Merced, constabulary accidental a two-year-old was changeable successful the face connected November 22 aft getting clasp of an unsecured weapon successful an apartment.

The toddler was rushed to the infirmary but did not survive.

Investigators arrested the begetter and booked him into the Merced County Jail connected kid endangerment charges.

And connected December 6, constabulary accidental a two-year-old accidentally changeable and killed his parent successful Northeast Fresno.

They identified the unfortunate arsenic 22-year-old Jessinya Mina.

Detectives accidental her boyfriend, 18-year-old Andrew Sanchez, owned the gun.

Sanchez was arrested for felony kid endangerment and negligent possession of a firearm. He was released connected bail.

The Attorney General says the summation successful deaths tied to improper firearm retention is mostly owed to parents oregon guardians of children not unloading their guns decently oregon failing to securely fastener them erstwhile not successful use.