Fresno man sentenced after toddler fatally shoots mother with unsecured gun

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- 19-year-old Andrew Sanchez was sentenced to little than 5 years successful situation by a Fresno County judge, astir 1 twelvemonth aft a tragic shooting.

Sanchez near a loaded weapon wrong scope of his girlfriend's toddler backmost successful December.

Police accidental the limb was unregistered and unsecured erstwhile Jessinya Mina's two-year-old accidentally changeable and killed her.

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Tears filled the courtroom arsenic Mina's loved ones spoke astir the spread near successful their hearts.

Mina's champion person was successful the flat connected that deadly day.

"I retrieve sitting successful my country and I retrieve proceeding her scream. And it plays successful my caput each day. I retrieve hiding successful the closet due to the fact that I thought we were each going to die," said the friend.

Sanchez pleaded nary contention to felony kid endangerment and felony transgression retention of a firearm.

The defendant's father, who was successful the courtroom connected Friday, said his lad has accepted work for the crimes. He besides shared his ain sorrow.

"My deepest apologies to you guys. To my family, my deepest apologies to them. I got broke from some sides," said the suspect's father.

Mina's household said the clip Sanchez volition walk successful situation is thing compared to the lifelong nonaccomplishment they volition proceed to endure.

"She was amazingly beautiful. Not lone connected the extracurricular but connected the wrong arsenic well. And she was hilarious. She could bring a grin to your face, adjacent erstwhile you had tears successful your eyes. And her grin was truthful contagious, and she conscionable lit up a country anytime she went in," said the victim's older sister, Jessica Rodriguez.

Sanchez has been retired connected bail passim astir of the tribunal process.

He lone had 2 days of recognition for clip served and was taken into custody instantly aft his sentencing.

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