(Reuters) – Police say a 10-year-old girl from Florida was able to take a gun out of her mother’s bag and shoot a woman in the head during a fight between them on Memorial Day.

Orlando Police Department took custody of the unidentified child and transferred her to the juvenile detention center. While she is still being charged, her mother was taken into custody and charged with several offenses.

Monique Worrell is the Orange County State Attorney. She stated in a statement her office was looking into the case. Her office will take into account the child’s age and other circumstances when making a decision on whether to file charges.

Worrell stated, “This case is among the most devastating I’ve seen in my 22 years of career.” “This is an inconceivable tragedy and defies all solutions.

Following a spate of mass shootings in the area and violent weekend that followed, the arrest of the young girl is a result of a renewed national debate on tighter gun ownership regulations.

Police said that Lashum Rodgers was, at 41, cooking in honor of Memorial Day together with her boyfriend, in her Orlando apartment.

Lakrisha, 31-year-old Lakrisha Isaac arrived soon with her daughter. They began to argue over Rodgers’ recent dispute. A police report says that Isaac’s daughter pulled out her gun and reached for her mother’s backpack after the women started punching one another.

According to police, she fired twice. She struck Rodgers on the head, killing him. Rodgers’ boyfriend stated that the girl shouted at Rodgers, “She shouldn’t’ have hit momma,” while still holding onto the firearm.

Isaac pulled the gun from his boyfriend’s hand and pointed it towards him. With her daughter, she fled to the apartment.

Isaac was taken into custody by police Police arrived and arrested Isaac.