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Houston Felon Faces Two Charges After 4-Year-Old Shoots Himself

The boy is being treated at Texas Children's Hospital, authorities said.

Overview

  • Nicholas Zepeda-Quintanilla is charged with injury to a child and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, records show.
  • Police say the shooting happened around 12:45 p.m. Monday inside an apartment at 10700 Fuqua in southeast Houston.
  • Charging documents state he brought a loaded handgun without a trigger lock into the home and left it on a shelf.
  • Court officials said he appeared in probable cause court Tuesday and remained in the Harris County Jail.
  • Records indicate he was previously convicted in 2020 of assault on a security officer and was sentenced to two years in prison.