NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department arrested a man Tuesday for negligent homicide after a three-year-old died from a gunshot wound.
Police responded to a call of a person shot in the 3200 block of Rue Parc Fontaine around 3 p.m. Monday. They found a 3-year-old toddler female with a gunshot wound when they arrived. The toddler died at the scene.
Our partners at The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate reported that Ordon is the father of a three-year-old Promyse Ordon.
Ordon was questioned at the scene. NOPD said, "detectives determined Ordon to be responsible for the incident and obtained a warrant for his arrest." He was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on one count of negligent homicide and for being a convicted felon in illegal possession of a firearm.
Neighbors at the scene said the child apparently found the father's gun and shot herself, according to NOLA.com.
Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is urged to contact NOPD Homicide Section detectives at 504-658-5300.
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