LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A Lake County father is facing an aggravated manslaughter charge Tuesday after deputies say he recklessly left his assault-style rifle under his bed, leaving it available for his son to fatally shoot himself.Jeremyah Wyatt, 12, died Aug.
31, after suffering a gunshot wound to the head.The boy was sleeping on the floor of the master bedroom with his 7-year-old sister close by and his 10-year-old sister on the bed, the arrest affidavit reads.
The children were in the room the night before along with their 1-month-old sister with their parents and had fallen asleep while watching a movie.
Investigators say Wyatt had previously stored his assault-style rifle underneath the bed, close to where the children were sleeping.[TREN.