California has a crime called “criminal storage of a firearm in the first degree” punishable by up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. You commit this crime when you leave a loaded gun in a place you know, or should know a child will have access to it, and the child injures himself or someone else.
I wonder if officer Chavez was charged?
I’m sure the DA considered that prosecution option, but I suppose lifelong paralysis is punishment enough.