Father charged after toddler dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound, Memphis police say

Ron Maxey
The Commercial Appeal

A father faces a charge of reckless homicide in connection with the death Saturday of his 4-year-old son.

Gari Settles

Memphis police say Gari Settles,38, was charged after his son got a gun and accidentally shot himself in the head.

The child, whose name has not been released, was in the care of his father at the Lynnfield Place apartments in East Memphis.