Baltimore dad arrested for allegedly fatally shooting 2-year-old daughter in the head
12/21/2023 12:50 pm PST
BALTIMORE (TCD) -- A 28-year-old man faces murder and several other charges for allegedly shooting and killing his daughter last week.
According to Baltimore Police, on Dec. 17 at 7:10 p.m., officers from the Northwest District were called to a local hospital regarding a 2-year-old girl with a gunshot wound. Investigators learned the girl was shot at a home on the 6100 block of Park Heights Avenue, then taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced deceased.
On Dec. 20, detectives from the Homicide Unit arrested the girl’s father, Christopher Gamble, and said he was "responsible for the shooting death" of the 2-year-old. Court records show he is being charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, child abuse causing death, assault, and multiple firearms-related charges.
Charging documents cited by WBAL-TV say Gamble was at home with the victim, Charlee, and three other children. He and Charlee were reportedly in the master bedroom when she sustained the fatal gunshot wound.
Gamble allegedly made contradictory statements to investigators about what led up to the toddler’s death. He reportedly said he purchased the gun off the street that day and put it on his nightstand, making it seem as if Charlee shot herself. However, he allegedly later said he was with his daughter in the room but then claimed he did not know where he put the gun.
WBAL reports Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said, "There is nothing more tragic in the world than the loss of a life of a child, especially that young. This is something that should not have happened, and we have to make sure that any and everybody that could be will be held accountable. We should be looking at the adults around that child."
He continued, "There is no way on Earth that a 2-year-old baby should be gone from a gunshot wound suffered in a place full of people that love that young person."
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