AYANA SHANAHAN - 2 yo - Vacaville CA

The parents of a 2-year-old girl who was shot by her 8-year-old brother in Vacaville have been arrested, police said.Police
said arrest warrants were obtained for Michael Shanahan and Daniela
Shanahan on charges of criminal storage of a firearm and felony child
abuse or neglect.The girl's mother was also was also charged
with a felon in possession of a firearm, police said, on a conviction
of felony DUI in Napa County.Both people were arrested without incident and booked into the Solano County Jail, police said.Michael Shanahan is being held on $36,666 bail, and Daniela Shanahan is being held on $43,333 bail.The
shooting took place at about 2:13 p.m. in the 1000 block of Syracuse
Circle on Sept. 23. Both parents were home at the time, police said."Ayana
and her 8-year-old brother were playing unsupervised in their parents'
bedroom when a loaded handgun was found laying on the bed," police said
in a news release.The toddler died from a single shotgun wound, according to a police investigation.Officials who did a search of the home removed six guns, rifles and handguns from inside."The
evidence discovered in the investigation shows that the home was an
unsafe environment for children because of the unsecured weapons that
were located in the home," police said in a news release.In
addition to the unsecured weapons, police said in their investigation
that another concern was the home's condition, which was described as
"unkempt and dirty."The boy is in the care of child protective services, police said.

VACAVILLE
— A Vacaville couple charged with child endangerment and firearms
violations following the accident shooting death of their 2-year-old
daughter last year reached a plea agreement with prosecutors Thursday.Daniela
and Michael Shanahan were arrested after their daughter, Ayana, was
fatally shot on Sept. 23 after her 8-year-old brother found his
father's handgun lying on a bed in their home and accidentally
discharged the weapon, striking his sister with one shot. The couple
was arrested two weeks later following a lengthy police investigation
into the circumstances of the shooting.In court Thursday,
Daniela Shanahan pleaded guilty to one count of child endangerment in
exchange for all other charges being dismissed. Michael Shanahan
pleaded no contest to one count of unsafe storage of a firearm, in
exchange for all other charges being dropped.Deputy District
Attorney Terry Ray said she will argue for each parent to serve a
two-year prison term when they return to court for sentencing at 1:30
p.m. on April 30.Defense attorney Anthony Finkas, who represents Michael Shanahan said he will argue for probation.Outside
of the courtroom today, Finkas said the family had "suffered enough"
through the loss of their daughter. "They already have a life
sentence," he said.