BRASHAUN BLUE - 3 yo - Algiers/New Orleans South LA

Police report sheds light in shooting death of three-year-old


Police report sheds light in shooting death of three-year-old

by Michael Luke / Eyewitness News
wwltv.com
Posted on November 17, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Updated Wednesday, Nov 17 at 11:00 AM


NEW ORLEANS – A police report by the New Orleans Police Department sheds light on the decision by authorities to charge a New Orleans man with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a three-year-old boy.(Click here and here to see police reports.)Tryone Brown, 22, was charged with second-degree murder after police were called to a home in the 4500 block of Copernicus Street in Algiers after a three-year-old in his care apparently shot himself with a gun in the living room of Brown’s home. According to police, early indicators suggest the shooting was accidental.According to the police report, a witness told a detective that they saw Brown stash two handguns in the sofa cushion in the living room, where Brown would later find Brashaun Blue with a gunshot wound to the head."According to the preliminary information, he (Brown) did not hear a gunshot. He awakened at around 8 this morning, answered the door and that's when he found the child dead on the floor," said Deputy Supt. Marlon Defillo of the NOPD Teusday after the shooting.Blue was taken to an area hospital where he later died.Defillo said the child's mother was not home at the time. Police say Brown was her boyfriend and she and her son lived at the house Evidence at the scene, Superintendent Ronal Serpas said Tuesday, appears to show the child accidentally shot himself.Police found .40 caliber Glock handgun in the living room, according to the police report, and a spent .40 caliber shell casing and removed one .40 caliber bullet from the ceiling of the living room.In a statement to police, Brown admitted that he owns a .40 caliber gun, but told police that the gun wasn’t in the house at the time. He added that when does have the weapon, he does keep it in the sofa cushion.NOPD detective Timothy Bender, according to the police report, then consulted the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office and the decision was made to charge Brown with second-degree murder in connection with death of Brashaun Blue.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Police-report-shed-light-in-shooting-death-of-three-year-old-108704984.html

He keeps a gun in the sofa cushion with a 3-year old in the house? I just can't find the words...

Man not guilty in death of three-year-old that shot self in head

Posted on March 28, 2012 at 8:53 AM



NEW ORLEANS - An Algiers man was found not guilty of the shooting death of a three-year-old boy.

Tyrone Brown, 22, was asleep in an upstairs bedroom when Brashaun Blue found a loaded gun in a sofa cushion and accidentally shot himself in the head, according to investigators.

Brown was charged with second degree murder in connection with the 2010 death.

The judge ruled that the killing wasn't committed during a crime of cruelty to a juvenile and didn't qualify as second degree murder.

http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Man-not-guilty-in-death-of-three-year-old-that-shot-self-in-head-144619155.html

I agree they over charged him but he should not have been able to walk free from this.  A baby is dead because of his actions and he should have been punished.