Convicted Felon Admits To Illegally Possession Gun Used By 3-Year-Old Girl In Mount Washington Accidental Fatal Shooting
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A convicted felon admitted to illegally possessing the gun used by a 3-year-old girl who accidentally shot herself in a Mount Washington home.
The Department of Justice announced Friday that Paul Parrish, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Parrish was one of several people in the basement of a Mount Washington, smoking marijuana, when 3-year-old Yasha Ross shot herself in the chest in March 2017.
Police said when the adults heard a loud bang, they ran upstairs and found Yasha bleeding and crying out for her mother. When police arrived on the scene, they found the gun on a bedroom floor. The girl later died at the hospital.
Parrish told police that the gun involved belonged to a former girlfriend, who owed him money after he paid some of her fines. He was keeping the gun until she paid him back.
As a convicted felon, Parrish was not legally allowed to have a gun.
He had four prior convictions for felony offenses, officials said.