Grandmother of boy who shot himself makes "brief & incomplete" court appearance



MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- A four-year-old boy picked up a gun and shot himself in the head near 45th & Locust back on March 19th -- and his grandmother has been charged in the case. On Tuesday, May 20th -- two months after the incident, she was back in a Milwaukee County courtroom.

Renee Smith was in court all of about 10 minutes on Tuesday. Her court proceeding was brief -- and incomplete.

Smith faces a misdemeanor charge of leaving/storing a firearm near a child.

On Tuesday, Smith was apparently going to enter a plea to the charge against her. Her attorney said he had received a plea agreement offer from the prosecution, but had yet to discuss it with Smith -- so no plea was entered on her behalf.

A criminal complaint against her says Smith had the gun in a shoebox underneath a bed in a bedroom where the four-year-old boy and other children were playing on the night of the shooting.

Four-year-old Keyontist



The boy, named Keyontist, was seriously injured.

The criminal complaint indicates the boy had a bullet hole in his forehead. He was breathing and his eyes were slightly open, but an officer could not find a pulse and started chest compressions on the boy until the Milwaukee Fire Department arrived on scene and took over.

The boy was transported to Children’s Hospital by ambulance.

The complaint says an officer discovered a black revolver on the bed.