A Montgomery County Grand Jury has indicted 32-year-old Lascelle Lee of Upper Marlboro in connection with the February 17 death of a six-year-old boy at a home on Maple Leaf Drive in Montgomery Village.
The charges include involuntary manslaughter, neglect of a minor, reckless endangerment, and allowing a minor access to a loaded firearm. Prosecutors allege Lee left a loaded and unsecured firearm accessible to the child, who then shot himself, resulting in his death.
According to Montgomery County Police, officers and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded around 2:45 pm to the 10100 block of Maple Leaf Drive, where they found the child with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Despite life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Following an April 8 hearing, a judge ordered Lee released on his own recognizance pending trial, with a scheduling hearing set for April 24. The investigation remains ongoing.
