Georgia mom Chepial Williams says she bitterly-regrets buying gun to protect herself from her violen

A Georgia mother has spoken out about her bitter regret at buying a gun after her two-year-old son accidentally killed himself with it in April. 

Chepial Williams' little boy Ayden King found her black .380 handgun in her purse left on her nightstand and shot himself in the face on April 26.  

'Felt like my whole heart had been ripped out of me,' Williams told CNN. 

The mother, who has two other children Destiny, 7, and Za'Niyah, 10, told of her regret at buying the gun to protect herself during a dispute with her neighbor. 

Ayden is one of more than 1,300 children and teens in the US, according to the Gun Violence Archive. 

Chepial Williams' little boy Ayden King found her black .380 handgun in her purse left on her nightstand and shot himself in the face on April 26

'Felt like my whole heart had been ripped out of me,' Williams said of the incident 

Ayden is one of more than 1,300 children and teens in the US, according to the Gun Violence Archive

'Just be careful,' Williams pleaded with other parents. 'Even if you have guns in the home, make sure they're put up in a safe place. Anything could happen within a blink of an eye.' 

Early in 2022 Williams started having conflict with her downstairs neighbor in the family's apartment complex on the south side of LaGrange, a medium-sized city about 65 miles southwest of Atlanta.

Police reports say the other woman complained about Williams and her children, who 'incessantly make noises in the upstairs apartment that disturbs her and her family.'

The dispute began to spiral and Williams was violently attacked with a black metal cooking pot wrapped in plastic bags.

The neighbor charged at Williams and hit her on the head with the pot.   

A fight broke out and a police officer found Williams with a busted lip and blood on her sweatshirt.  

The other woman was arrested on charges that included battery and told police: 'It's okay, my family is coming from Birmingham and they'll take care of her situation.'

Williams was afraid for the her safety and the safety of her children so purchased a black .380 handgun and practiced with it at a gun range.

The weapon was usually kept in the mother's purse or hidden under the mattress

In 2020 firearms became the biggest killer of children and teenagers in America, surpassing motor vehicle accidents

The weapon was usually kept in her purse or hidden under the mattress.

On April 26, Williams recalls how she 'heard a loud pop' during dinnertime.

Panicked, she ran into the bedroom to find her little boy on the floor with the gun next to him.

Williams ran to a neighbor for help, who tried CPR and the police were called. 

'Upon arrival,' a police officer wrote in a report, 'I observed a black female holding the 2-year-old child and running towards me as I was exiting my patrol vehicle.

'The female handed me the 2-year-old child while she was crying and that's when I held the child and laid him down on the ground and immediately began CPR. 

'The child was bleeding from his mouth and I did observe a gunshot wound to the center of his face near his nose. I continued CPR but did not feel any pulse.' 

In 2020 firearms became the biggest killer of children and teenagers in America, surpassing motor vehicle accidents. 

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