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Carley Dials was arrested for alleged involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death of her son, Cartier Smith

The detective conducting a preliminary investigation “determined Smith accessed an unsecure handgun inside the residence and unintentionally shot himself”

The boy was pronounced dead at a local hospital

After a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot himself at his family’s Ohio home, his mother, Carley Dials, 29, has been arrested for alleged involuntary manslaughter in connection to his death.

Officers were called to the 6600 block of Kodiak Dr. near Canal Winchester for a reported shooting just before 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, Sept. 18. There, officers found Cartier Smith suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronou

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