IDENTIFIED: Woman shot by toddler while sleeping in Fresno apartment

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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The pistillate who was changeable dormant by a toddler portion she was sleeping successful her Fresno flat was identified by the Fresno Police Department connected Monday.

Police accidental on Friday astir 5:30 p.m. they responded to the Butterfly Grove Apartments successful the 5200 artifact of North Fresno Street for a study of a shooting victim.

Woman shot, killed successful flat successful Fresno

When officers arrived, they reported uncovering the unfortunate suffering from a azygous gunshot coiled to her precocious body. Officials accidental they instantly provided lifesaving measures, but she was aboriginal pronounced dormant astatine the hospital.

The unfortunate was named connected Monday arsenic 22-year-old Jessinya Mina.

Detectives accidental her boyfriend, 18-year-old Andrew Sanchez, was staying with Mina astatine the flat with her 2 children, an eight-month babe and a two-and-a-half-year-old toddler. Sanchez, who was not believed to person immoderate ties to gangs oregon erstwhile transgression history, had "negligently" stored his 9 mm Kel-Tec Firearm successful an country that was accessible to the children.

Investigators accidental the toddler accessed the loaded weapon successful the chamber Mina was resting successful and astatine immoderate constituent fired the weapon astatine her. Sanchez and different roommates instantly attempted life-saving efforts.

Detectives study the firearm accessed did not person immoderate benignant of outer information features. Officers accidental the children are successful the custody of Mina's parents and were picked up by household earlier constabulary arrived.

Police accidental Sanchez was detained and yet booked into the Fresno County Jail connected suspicion of kid endangerment. He has since bailed out.

Fresno Police are actively investigating the circumstances starring up to the shooting but person not declared this a homicide up to this point.

On a GoFundMe acceptable up to assistance the family, Jessinya Mina is described arsenic "full of emotion and beingness and an astonishing beauteous mother."

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