Folks, here's how this works...

...any two year old who sees a gun and doesn't pick it up... oughta be tested for autism...

On Monday, relatives who gathered on Darrion Noble’s front porch described him as a devoted father of three. They didn’t want to talk about how the shooting happened.

He had the gun for protection, said Travis Hollins, a cousin. “Family protection.” Stephanie Smith, another cousin, declined to say more about the gun. “I know what happened, but I don’t want to talk about it.”

Police haven’t confirmed who the gun belonged to or whether it was lawfully owned and haven’t said how the gun was stored.

One of the somewhat closed mouth relatives then decided, wisely or unwisely, to season the narrative...

Noble, who went by the nickname “Lil Red,” liked to listen to rapper Tee Grizzley’s “First Day Out,” about a man’s release from prison.

Sweet baby jebus.

Not too sure what else to say about some knucklehead who can't appreciate the consequences of combining toddlers and loaded firearms.

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