According to the affidavit, Fields told police that he removed the clip from his handgun and ejected one round from the chamber. The woman, Anaiona Gaston, had been engaged in a “deep conversation” with her boyfriend, Malik Fields, the victim’s mother and police said. Fields told police the two were joking around and he thought the weapon was unloaded when he pulled the trigger, according to the arrest affidavit. Fields told police that he jumped up when the gun fired and shot another round into a wall. [Young woman fatally shot Saturday in one of three homicides]Ms. Gaston said her daughter often accompanied her to help raise awareness.

Source: Washington Post August 01, 2016 20:03 UTC