TAMARAC, FLA. (WSVN) – A Tamarac man has been arrested in connection with the crash the shooting death of his 6-year-old grandsonaccording to the authorities.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced that Carika Hall, 25, was arrested Wednesday in the death of Odaine Hall, who was found with a gunshot wound inside a residence near the 5600 block of Rock Island Road on September 30.

BSO deputies and Tamarac Firefighters responded to the scene around 3:30 p.m., where they found the child suffering from a single gunshot wound.

Odaine was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators determined the boy was being watched by his uncle, Carika Hall, when he found an unsafe firearm and accidentally shot himself.

Hall faces charges of negligent neglect and neglect of a child.

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