COLORADO SPRINGS — A judge has sentenced a Colorado Springs mother to prison for negligence after her 2-year-old son fatally shot himself with an unsecured pistol believing it was a squirt gun.
Melissa Michelle Adamson was sentenced Monday to 24 years imprisonment in the October 2018 death of Lokhi Bloom.
The 33-year-old Colorado Springs mother pleaded guilty to a felony count of child abuse in September.
Authorities say the boy had a habit of drinking from a squirt gun but shot himself moments after discovering his mother’s loaded handgun.
Adamson, a recovering methamphetamine addict, told authorities that she loaded the gun after receiving threatening text messages from a drug dealer.
Authorities say an ax and drug needles were also found within reach of Bloom and two other children.
