Overview
- The boy was shot inside a Highland home on Thursday, July 16, deputies began CPR at the scene and he later died at a hospital.
- Investigators say the toddler found a handgun hidden between two couch cushions and accidentally shot himself.
- The child's mother, 20-year-old Jamaria Cobb, and her boyfriend, 52-year-old Armand Bright, were arrested on felony child-abuse charges and are held on roughly $1.3 million bail.
- A second child in the home was placed into county Child and Family Services custody and the San Bernardino County Specialized Investigations Division is asking the public for tips while the probe continues.
- Public-health data cited in coverage notes that unsecured, often loaded firearms are a leading cause of death for children and that such incidents frequently involve a child finding an accessible gun.