California Shocking Crime: 2-year-old kid shoots himself at home with gun found in couch cushions, his mother and her boyfriend face charges

California Crime News: A two year old child in California died after shooting himself with a gun he allegedly found hidden between couch cushions, and now his mother and her boyfriend face charges. The incident emerged on the evening of Thursday, July 16, 2026 when deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a two year old child who had been shot.

Deputies began CPR at the home on Victoria Street in Highland, but the boy was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Investigators concluded that the child “gained access to a gun hidden between two seat cushions on a couch and shot himself,” according to a sheriff’s department news release cited by PEOPLE.

Authorities said the toddler’s 20 year old mother, Jamaria Cobb, and her 52 year old boyfriend, Armand Bright, were inside the home when the shooting happened, FOX11 reported. Both were arrested on suspicion of child abuse causing great bodily injury or death.


Investigators have not disclosed who owned the gun or why it was left unsecured within reach of the child. Another child was also inside the home and was taken into custody by Child and Family Services after the incident, the release stated. Cobb and Bright are being held at Central Detention Center on bail set at $1,350,000.

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