Dad busted after his nine-year-old son shoots dead five-year-old sister

The father of Layla Ramos (left) and her brother who shot her dead faces felony charges (Picture: GoFundMe)

A father has been busted after his nine-year-old son fatally shot his five-year-old daughter using an AR-style rifle that he allegedly left in the boy’s bedroom.

Irvin Ramos-Jimenez, 33, left his rifle high on a shelf in the closet of his son’s bedroom, according to Maricopa County Police.

The young boy accidentally shot his sister, Layla Ramos, in the torso at night on June 3.

Layla’s family took her to a psychiatric hospital and she was transferred to a trauma hospital, where she was pronounced dead, said the Phoenix Police Department.

First responders received a call to the psychiatric hospital for a stabbing. But investigators determined that Layla had been shot.

The dad reportedly went to his home in Phoenix, Arizona, afterward to watch over his other children that he left there with the rifle.

Ramos-Jimenez has been charged with one count of child abuse, one class three dangerous felony and a domestic violence offence.

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