True Crime and News of the Weird from around the Globe

You are here: Home / Dumb + Dumberer / Felon Hit With Gun Charge in Tragic Shooting of 7-Year-Old By Toddler

Felon Hit With Gun Charge in Tragic Shooting of 7-Year-Old By Toddler

June 16, 2017 By HardBoiledNews Staff

Loading...

Harmony Warfiled was fatally shot by her 2-year-old cousin using Anthony Sanders’ gun

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — A convicted felon has been charged with illegally possessing a gun that a 2-year-old boy got his hands on and used to accidentally shoot and kill his 7-year-old cousin in Tennessee.

Anthony Patrick Sanders, 27, was released from prison last year after serving eight years for kidnapping. As a convicted felon he is legally barred from owning a gun.

Federal authorities say Sanders had been carrying a gun when he came to stay in an apartment in the J.C. Napier Houses in Nashville on June 6, where the little girl, Harmony Warfield, was killed.

Sanders faces 10 years

The tragic incident unfolded when Sanders — who regularly carried a gun when he stayed in the public housing development — stepped outside of the apartment, leaving the firearm inside where a toddler picked it up, prosecutors said.

When he heard the gun go off, Sanders allegedly ran back into the apartment, saw Warfield lying bleeding on the kitchen floor, grabbed the gun and took off, saying he did not want to go back to jai.

“Another innocent child has died because the defendant, a convicted felon who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, chose to ignore the law and arm himself with handguns, said Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith.

Sanders faces up to 10 years in prison for the gun rap.

 

Filed Under: Dumb + Dumberer, Sad, Tennessee

Follow Hard Boiled News

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

* indicates required

Most Wanted

  • Couple High on Drugs Open Fire On Fireflies They Thought Were Aliens
  • 88-Year-Old Florida Man Arrested for Setting Racoon on Fire for Eating His Mangoes
  • Man Admits Shooting Bald Eagle Because It Ate Fish From His Pond
  • Man Phoned in Fake School Shootings to Distract Cops While He Robbed Banks
  • Man Kills Gal Pal’s Ex-Hubby Over Dopey Prank Gone Awry
  • Indiana Cannibal Deemed Fit to Stand Trial in Gruesome Slaying, Eating of Ex
  • Missing Scam Artist’s Foot Found on Remote Australian Beach
  • Female Florida Teacher Busted Having Affair With 8th Grade Boy
  • Fighting Bird Kills Owner in Illegal Cockfight in India
  • Drive-Thru Bar Owner Busted for Hiring 16-Year-Old to Dance for Patrons In Bikini

Copyright © 2023 · HardBoiledNews · Send Story Ideas · Contact Us