The accidental discharge saw the victim, She’Marion Burse, fatally shot in the chest – and came as the siblings were walking around with a handgun they found in their parents’ room, police said. The incident took place at the family’s flat in the Kendale Lakes section of the city. Police said three of the children’s other siblings, ages 9 to 15, were present when the incident occurred. No adults — including Miami-Dade Officer Burse’s mother Tiffany Callaway — were home when the boy was shot. The tragedy has since left the boys and other residents devastated and reportedly saw the child die in a neighbor’s arms as his siblings looked on. Police are investigating the death – but have said they do not expect to lay any charges. The accidental discharge saw the victim, She’Marion Burse, fatally shot in the chest – and it came as the siblings were walking around with a handgun they found in their parents’ room, police said. “Blood on the wall, he just laid there, he took his last breath, and it was just traumatic,” recalled a neighbor after witnessing the immediate aftermath of the accidental shooting, which happened around 5pm on Thursday. The resident, who asked not to be identified, told local network 7News that she was the one who called 911 after the gunshot rang out in the apartment complex. At that point, he said he heard the boys’ desperate cries for help. When the Good Samaritan rushed to the residence to investigate, he saw a dying She’Marion on the floor covered in blood. “I called 911. I went inside the house,” the Horizons West resident told the newspaper. “The baby was there, blood everywhere.” She said at that point She’Marion’s brother asked her to perform CPR on his brother, who by that point had stopped breathing. The neighbor obliged, but ultimately was unable to help the young woman, who she said would die in her arms. “I continued to do CPR, mouth to mouth until he stopped breathing. And then I stopped,” she said, adding that at that point she felt like Shemarion had died. “I just apologized to the person who had him on him. I knew he was a brother too. I just got out of the house and I started breaking down.’ Emergency crews descended on the flat just after 5pm, where they found the young man’s injured siblings and the desperate neighbour. The incident took place at the family’s flat in the Kendale Lakes area of ​​the city. Police said three of the children’s other siblings, ages 9 to 15, were present when the incident occurred No adults — including Miami-Dade Officer Burse’s mother Tiffany Callaway — were home when the boy was shot. The grieving mum is pictured Thursday being comforted by police outside the crime scene as she learned of her son’s fate The boy was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators have since confirmed that the victim’s 13-year-old brother, who has not been named, had removed a gun from a gun holster in the master bedroom closet and the gun fell as he was handling it. She’Marion was then struck in the chest by the single shot, leaving him hopelessly wounded. Speaking to 7News, the neighbor recalled the commotion around her as she struggled to save the dying child. Emergency crews descended on the flat shortly after 5pm, where they found the young man’s injured siblings and the desperate neighbour, who had attempted CPR on the child. The resident said the young woman died in her arms before officers arrived The boy was then airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead. “I was nervous, I was in shock,” she said, “but I was just trying to help,” the neighbor said, adding that she is a mom herself and also has a concealed weapon. “I have children, so I know the panic, the fear,” she said. “I related to that moment. I just acted like he was part of my family.’ Despite this preparedness, the neighbor admitted she is traumatized by the incident after seeing a boy so young practically die in her arms, so she can’t imagine what the young boys who also witnessed the tragedy – including the brother who shot the fatal. “Just laying there and taking his last breath was traumatic,” he recalled in the report. “They were scared. I can’t even describe the feeling. It is unthinkable.’ Police are currently investigating the incident, but have said they do not expect to press charges. Both of the boy’s parents were working at the time of the outing, police said Friday, confirming Friday that one of them is Miami-Dade Correctional Officer Callaway. Police have not yet identified the owner of the gun. Callaway, who has yet to comment publicly on her son’s death, has since set up a GoFundMe page for funeral expenses, where she remembered him as “loving, playful and always there to put a smile on your face when you needed it.” Police are currently investigating the incident, but have said they do not expect to press charges. Both of the boy’s parents were working at the time of his release, police said Friday, confirming that one of them is a Miami-Dade corrections officer. ‘[Imagining] Life without him is something we never thought we would have to do as a family, and even worse, we have to put him to rest,” Callaway wrote. “We were not prepared for this tragedy and are just asking for a good hand. Any donation small or large will enable us to give him a proper burial.’ The fundraiser has so far raised nearly $17,000 as of Sunday morning. Miami-Dade police asked citizens to respect the family’s privacy “in an effort to show respect for the family’s needs and allow them to grieve privately.” While gun owners can be held responsible in such cases, the department said they do not expect to file charges in the case, particularly the boys’ mother. Callaway wrote of her slain son in the online fundraiser posted Saturday: “Although none of you may have known him, I can tell you he was an amazing young man.
‘Erotic, playful and always there to put a smile on your face when you needed one.’ Police have not indicated whether Callaway owned the gun that would kill her son. Their investigation is still ongoing. Callaway, who has yet to comment publicly on her son’s death, set up a GoFundMe page for funeral expenses, where she remembered him as “loving, playful and always there to put a smile on your face when you needed one.” It has raised nearly $17,000 as of Sunday morning