Florida man arrested after child finds gun, shoots sister in Miami-Dade home: cops

MIAMI — Officers arrested a man after they say a child grabbed an unsecured firearm and shot his or her 4-year-old sister in the head inside a Miami-Dade County home, police announced Monday morning.

Quavanta Demettris Ennels, 25, is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $7,500 bond as of Monday afternoon, county jail records show.

“The investigation revealed that Quavanta Ennels, the owner of the firearm used by the minor, is a convicted felon who was in possession of the firearm,” Miami-Dade police said.