Child's mother, fiancé arrested after 2-year-old fatally shot

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Two people were arrested Friday after a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself in Port St. Lucie earlier this week, police said.

The shooting occurred at about 7 p.m., at a home located in the 5700 block of Northwest Zenith Drive.

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Police said both the child's mother, Natalie Cruz, 24, and her fiancé, Quintenn Wesley, 25, face charges in the case.

Investigators said when officers arrived they found the boy on a bed in the master bedroom with a gunshot wound to his head.

The child was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital but later pronounced dead.

A preliminary investigation revealed that there were five adults and two children in the home at the time of the shooting.

Police said Cruz and the 2-year-old were in the master bedroom while Wesley his sister, his father and his grandmother were in other areas of the home along with an infant child.

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"The mother was on the bed with the child when the mother heard a gunshot. She looked and saw the 2-year-old child with a gunshot wound to the head and a handgun next to him," police said in a written statement.

Investigators said Wesley was the owner of the 9 mm handgun they believe was used in the shooting, and he "kept a total of two handguns unsecured in the master bedroom."

Police said both handguns were seized as evidence along with a spent shell casing and the projectile.

During their investigation, police said they learned that Cruz was a convicted felon in Florida.

Both Cruz and Wesley were taken into custody by United States Marshals in the parking lot of the Dollar General in Port St. Lucie.

Cruz faces a charge with one count of possession of a firearm or ammo by a convicted felon, a second-degree felony, and one count of culpable negligence — allowing a minor access to a firearm resulting in injury or death, a third-degree felony.

Wesley was charged with one count of culpable negligence — allowing a minor access to a firearm resulting in injury or death, a third-degree felony.

Both Cruz and Wesley were taken to the St. Lucie County jail. Cruz's bond was set at $55,000 and Wesley’s bond at $15,000.