Father held in shooting death of 23-month-old
A Utah man visiting relatives in Chino was arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter Saturday in connection with the shooting death of his 23-month-old son.
Salt Lake City-area resident Jose Silva, 26, was booked at the West Valley Detention Center in the death of Anthony Silva, who was just three weeks short of his second birthday.
Officers responding to a 911 call about 8:15 a.m. in the 13000 block of 3rd Street found the toddler shot in the head in the seat of a parked sport utility vehicle. Police said his father was standing behind the SUV showing a handgun to relatives when it accidentally went off. The boy was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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