Police: Boy, 4, fired the shot that killed toddler

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Metro Police have arrested the 26-year-old mother of a toddler shot to death in her west side home . Fiona Lee faces charges of felony child neglect and drugs possession.

Police say the four-year-old son of Fiona Lee's boyfriend actually fired the shot that struck three-year-old Aunesti Lee Allen in the head, fatally wounding her.

The shooting happened Thursday afternoon at Lee's home at 203 N. Sheffield.

Police say Fiona Lee was showering while her boyfriend, 23-year-old Curtis White, was downstairs with Aunesti, White's son and one other child.

At one point, White's four-year-old son grabbed a loaded handgun off the kitchen counter and fired the shot that hit Aunesti, police say.

Officers say Lee saw the gun should have put it away.

Police are looking for Curtis White, who police say has an extensive criminal record, they say they want to question him.

Police say, after the shooting, Lee carried Anesti and her teddy bear outside to wait for an ambulance. Medics detected a pulse and rushed Aunesti to Riley Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Police say when they searched the Fiona Lee's home, they found cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.