FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Tamarac man has bonded out of jail after he was arrested in connection to the accidental shooting death of his 6-year-old nephew, according to authorities.
7News cameras captured Carika Hall as he left the Broward County Jail, Thursday night. He declined to comment on the incident.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced that Hall, 25, was arrested on Wednesday in connection to the death of Odaine Hall, who was found with a gunshot wound inside a residence near the 5600 block of Rock Island Road on Sept. 30.
BSO deputies and Tamarac Fire Rescue units responded to the scene at around 3:30 p.m., where they found the child suffering from a single gunshot wound.
Odaine was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Just moments ago, fire rescue came out with a gurney. There was nobody on that gurney and put the gurney back in the back of the fire rescue,” said 7Skyforce reporter Ralph Rayburn as he flew above the scene.
7News captured the child’s family distraught on that September day as they learned the devastating news.
Nearby bystanders were shocked to hear about what had occurred.
Investigators determined that the boy was being supervised by Hall when he found his uncle’s unsecured firearm and accidentally shot himself.
Hall faces charges of culpable negligence and neglect of a child.
He faced a judge on Thursday morning.
“Mr. Hall, you’re here pursuant to a warrant, coupled with negligence, allowing a minor access to a weapon, involving injury or death, and neglect of a child without bodily harm. I do find probable cause,” said the judge.
Hall paid his bond and walked out of jail Thursday night.
“Tell us at all what you’ve been going through over the last several weeks,” asked 7News reporter Nicole Linsalata. “Anything about the nephew you lost?”
But Hall, seen wearing a white tank top, offered no comment as he walked to his car.
The judge has told Hall he’s not allowed to own any weapons.
BSO officials urge all gun owners to make sure that it is safely stored and locked away from children.
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