A D.C. man was arrested in the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy the day before Thanksgiving.
Legend Wheeler apparently shot himself accidentally with a gun that was unsecured in a home in the 2300 block of Chester Street SE Nov. 24, police said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
"My baby has been shot!" a witness said a man shouted in the street.
People could be heard wailing in grief.
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“My whole heart just dropped,” said Legend's grandmother, Tawanda Barber.
The gun belonged to 23-year-old JD Wheeler of Northeast D.C., police said. He was charged with second-degree murder.
