The Latest: Mother cited in son's accidental shooting

Col. John Fortunato, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, says 29-year-old Generra Brown was issued a citation for the misdemeanor charge because she left the children unsupervised at a Marrero home before the Tuesday evening shooting that killed her son Melvin Brady.

Fortunato says investigators believe that Brown, a home health care professional, was caring for a neighbor across the street when her 9-year-old son found a loaded gun and shot his brother once.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Commander John Fortunato says in a statement that deputies responded Tuesday evening to a report of a child shot at a Marrero home.

Fortunato says that according to a preliminary investigation, the victim and his 9-year-old brother were playing in the closet when the two discovered a handgun.