Overview
- Officers responded around 8:21 p.m. on Jan. 1 to a home on Quelqueshue Street and found a 1-year-old fatally shot, according to police.
- The child’s mother, 28-year-old Kristen Bass, was arrested that night and is being held on a $10 million bond.
- Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office records show an additional charge of direct contempt of court following the arrest, with no further details released.
- The victim was identified by her father as Acelynn Moss; he told local media he heard a boom, found Bass allegedly holding a gun, and their 2-year-old was crying for help.
- The father said Bass told him she shot Acelynn to “send her to God” and implied intent to harm the older child; the surviving 2-year-old is in state custody, and police ask anyone with information to contact Sgt. Jeremy Cain at 337-527-4558.