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The father has been charged with criminal negligence, unlawful possession of a firearm and destruction of evidence. The incident happened last week. Roderick Randall is a man with a criminal record who was banned from possessing a firearm. The tragic incident happened when he came to see his girlfriend.
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The youngest daughter of a girlfriend was killed. One of the twin older sisters was hospitalized in critical condition after the shooting. The eight-year-old, who knew where the gun was sitting, picked it up to play with. The shooting happened while the children were playing with guns. The incident took place while the girlfriend was sleeping. Randall Assam was out.
Radal had hidden the gun and the intoxicants in the house even before police arrived. It was in this context that a case was registered against him for destroying evidence. There have been a number of similar accidents in the country, according to the report. It is estimated that about 350 such deaths occur each year.