Sentenced: Jasmin Vargas Was Showing Off & Shot Her 3YO In The Head, Killing Him

[Sugar Cookie]

Las Vegas police were investigating the deadly shooting of a 3-year-old boy on Wednesday night.

The investigation showed that a woman was walking with her friends and her child. A Hispanic man, whose relationship to the group was not immediately known, was "manipulating a firearm and that firearm went off," Valenta said.

The child was hit by gunfire and the group took him to Sunrise Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Valenta said no one had been arrested as of 11 p.m. as they were still investigating the "how and why" of the shooting.

Report: 25-year-old mother 'intentionally' shot her 3-year-old son in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- A 25-year-old mother "intentionally" shot her 3-year-old son Wednesday night, according to an arrest report.

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[Donut Whisperer]

The child was hit by gunfire and the group took him to Sunrise Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Valenta said no one had been arrested as of 11 p.m. as they were still investigating the "how and why" of the shooting.

Asshole playing quick draw McGraw with a loaded weapon?

 

[Sejanus]

Another simpleton fondling the proxy cawk.
Butterfingered boob.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Las Vegas police say that a child shot on Wednesday night in Las Vegas was shot by the child’s mother

Police said during a press conference on Thursday that the mother had recently purchased the gun legally and was showing it off.

Police said the shooting happened because the mother, identified as 24-year-old Jasmin Vargas, mishandled the gun and she is now facing two charges of child abuse/neglect resulting in substantial bodily harm.

The Clark County coroner will identify the child and release the official cause of death.

Las Vegas police say 3-year-old child shot by mother who recently bought gun

Police said during a press conference on Thursday that the mother had recently purchased the gun legally and was showing it off.

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[Nell]

She doesn’t even look sorry.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Three-year-old John Jaffey was a beautiful, loving child who cherished what most kids his age treasure: toys and cartoons like “PAW Patrol,” “Chase is on the Case” and “PJ Masks,” his paternal family said Monday.

“He was the most fun, energetic, funny kid,” said Jaffey’s paternal aunt, Katrina Corbridge, of Henderson. “He would do the biggest cheesy smile and squint his eyes. ‘JJ come on! Open up your eyes so we can take the picture! Keep your eyes open and give me a big smile!’”

Jaffey’s paternal family members expressed outrage and shock over what they view as reckless behavior by Jasmin Vargas. They said they are raising money for the child’s funeral and burial through a GoFundMe account at the same time they are grieving.

They are struggling to understand why anyone would point a gun in the direction of a child, even if they thought it was unloaded?

“My heart tells me, ‘How could you be so stupid?’” Jaffey’s grandmother, Katie Mickolafsky, said of her son’s ex-girlfriend and the boy’s mother. “You are supposed to be his protector. How did she not protect him?”

Father’s family grieves Las Vegas boy accidentally slain by mom

John Jaffey, the 3-year-old boy killed last week when his mother pulled the trigger of her handgun thinking it was unloaded, is remembered as a “fun, energetic, funny kid.”

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Child protective services had received three claims of neglect since 2014 against the family of a 3-year-old boy fatally shot last week.

The Clark County Department of Family Services had investigated alleged neglect in the family of John Jaffey before his mother, Jasmin Vargas, was arrested in his Dec. 16 death.

An allegation of neglect made in 2014 was found substantiated, and the family was placed under “formal supervision” during a three-year court case, according to records.

Two other allegations of neglect were made after John’s birth, in June and October of 2017. Both allegations were found unsubstantiated.

John Jaffey’s grandmother, Katie Mickolafsky, said Tuesday that her son Michael was not part of the investigations.

“My son has not had any involvement with CPS, ” she said.

Family of slain 3-year-old had been investigated for neglect

Child protective services had received three claims of neglect since 2014 against the family of a 3-year-old boy fatally shot last week.

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[Dutchgirl]

Stupid, vapid, brain dead, c*nt!

 

[Satanica]

As far as I'm concerned, if you point and shoot, it's not a fucking accident. You didn't know it was loaded isn't an appropriate defense!

Another case where CPS was involved and a kid still died!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

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[Sevens My Charm]

Wtf is wrong with her lip!?

 

[MildlyMedicated]

The dumbassery with this one runs deep. There is no value to humankind by keeping it breathing, harvest it's needed pieces parts and plant the rest.

 

[Freyja]

1.) Treat all firearms as loaded.
2.) Don't point a firearm at anything you don't want to shoot.
3.) Keep your finger off the trigger until you have your target in sight.
4.) Consider what is beyond your target.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A judge denied a request to lower the bail of a 25-year-old woman accused of mishandling a firearm and fatally shooting her 3-year-old son at a northeast Las Vegas apartment complex in December.

Defense attorney David Fischer requested that Vargas’ bail be lowered to $5,000 from $80,000, which he said was an “unattainable” cost.

Jasmin Vargas, who has been charged with child abuse or neglect, child abuse or neglect with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily or mental harm, and disregarding the safety of another person resulting in death or substantial bodily harm, appeared on Tuesday in Las Vegas Justice Court.

Woman accused of fatally shooting 3-year-old son denied bail reduction

A 25-year-old woman accused of mishandling a firearm and fatally shooting her 3-year-old son in December appeared on Tuesday in Las Vegas Justice Court.

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[Muriel Schwenck]

Wtf is wrong with her lip!?

DIY body modification via herpes outbreak?

 

[Sevens My Charm]

DIY body modification via herpes outbreak?

I think you're definitely right about do it yourself body modification!!

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Preliminary hearing is March 2 2021.

Hearing pushed back again for mom accused of shooting, killing toddler son

Jasmin Vargas, the woman accused by police of shooting her 3-year-old son while showing off a gun, was due to have her preliminary hearing in Las Vegas Justice Court on Tuesday.

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[Sugar Cookie]

A Las Vegas judge sentenced a woman to probation on Wednesday for fatally shooting her 3-year-old son in December 2020.

Jasmin Vargas pleaded guilty in June to child abuse, neglect or endangerment resulting in substantial bodily harm in the death of her son, John Jaffey. Vargas had told police that she did not know her Taurus 9 mm semi-automatic handgun was loaded when she fired it in the parking lot of an east valley apartment complex on Dec. 16, 2020.

Vargas was with another woman and wanted to show her that the gun was not loaded. She removed the safety, pointed the gun in front of her and pulled the trigger, her defense attorney, Augustus Claus, said during her sentencing hearing.

John, who had ran in front of his mother, was shot in the head, Claus said.

“She did something foolish. She did something negligent,” Claus told District Judge Monica Trujillo. “And your honor, she’s going to have to live with that for the rest of her life. There’s no sentence you can give to her that’s going to be worse than the pain that she is going to feel.”

Chief Deputy District Attorney Michelle Jobe told the judge that the day before John was shot, Vargas took her gun into the desert, knew that six bullets were loaded into it, and fired the gun two to three times.

“The defendant claims to have not known there were still bullets in the firearm, which makes absolutely zero sense to me,” Jobe said.

According to her arrest report, Vargas told police she had recently purchased a gun because she is small in stature and feared for her safety.

On Wednesday, Jobe asked for a sentence of between five and 15 years in prison due to what she called the defendant’s “egregious and reckless behavior.”

Trujillo instead ordered Vargas to spend five years on probation. Vargas also was ordered to receive a mental health evaluation, obtain her GED diploma or finish adult education classes, and maintain employment. She will not be allowed to consume drugs or alcohol while on probation, cannot own a weapon and must pay $2,933 in restitution.

When deciding Vargas’ sentence, Trujillo said she considered her lack of criminal history, the fact that she has been out of custody since May 2021 while keeping a job, and the fact that an evaluation determined that she has a “lower than average intellectual disability.”

“Obviously it’s not lost on the court that a life is lost, but I am considering the fact that it was her son’s life,” the judge said.

Vargas, who cried throughout the hearing, sobbed while reading a statement and asking for forgiveness before she was sentenced.

“It has been hard for me because I lost my own son,” she said. “I am fighting every day to get through this and make my life better.”

The Clark County Department of Family Services had received three claims of neglect since 2014 against John’s family, records show. An allegation from 2014 was found substantiated, and the family was placed under “formal supervision.”

Two other allegations made after John’s birth were found unsubstantiated, records show.

Woman placed on probation for fatally shooting her 3-year-old son

A woman was sentenced to five years of probation for fatally shooting her 3-year-old son.

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[Kitsune Faye]

My Jacob smiles like that, and is just like this cutie pie. He’s the sweetest little boy ever. Bitch deserves life without parole for ending that cuddlebaby’s life. My Jacob is a cuddlebaby too, and resembles John in some ways.