{"id":2045427,"date":"2026-07-15T20:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2045427"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:14:03","slug":"4-year-old-boy-shoots-kills-2-year-old-cousin-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2045427","title":{"rendered":"4-Year-Old Boy Shoots, Kills 2-Year Old Cousin in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/61\/16by9\/2026\/07\/15\/61250f87bc074f91be9be4d222c7d235_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">4-Year-Old Boy Shoots, Kills 2-Year Old Cousin in Florida<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">4-Year-Old Boy In Florida<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Shoots, Kills Toddler Cousin<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-15T13:14:03-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202607\"><br \/>\n                July 15, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            1:14 PM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-15T16:06:35-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  July 15, 2026<br \/>\n                                4:06 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-efb7f8a4e40ee05b3ac0b694c28d7763\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260715_61250f87bc074f91be9be4d222c7d235\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4cb19dfc-5499-454d-9c8c-0776d53417e6\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/61\/4by3\/2026\/07\/15\/61250f87bc074f91be9be4d222c7d235_md.png\" alt=\"main Brayden Tennyson gofundme\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-40ba9a06f9d10081d84c56939bcbdb36\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A four-year-old boy in Florida shot and killed his two-year-old cousin with a handgun cops say wasn&#8217;t properly secured.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-16d35dae5ea95e4c2992dc7c6e20f52e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to reports &#8230; officers were called to a home in\u00a0Kissimmee, Florida on Sunday where they found the two-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-467cd9a48040005699848c37a17f7324\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-709553c9-30dd-419f-8caa-1e5a5160393d-1984971902-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/71\/16by9\/2026\/07\/15\/71522462709f4c84ab4774684675cb91_md.png\" alt=\"071526_2_year_old_shot_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-709553c9-30dd-419f-8caa-1e5a5160393d-1984971902-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">DEVASTATING ACCIDENT<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/2-year-old-shot-by-4-year-old-cousin-07-15-2026\/\">Video: 4-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shoots 2-Year-Old Cousin in Florida<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Fox 35 Orlando<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-11950ef92165428a4848e29027dca2fd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The boy &#8212; <strong>Brayden Tennyson<\/strong> &#8212; was taken to the hospital &#8230; where he was pronounced dead &#8230; just days before what would have been his third birthday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f99e32252c1170569fe1704e69c2030b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260715_616009c3dcb042a6ab81427ca28afa4b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4cb19dfc-5499-454d-9c8c-0776d53417e6\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/61\/4by3\/2026\/07\/15\/616009c3dcb042a6ab81427ca28afa4b_md.png\" alt=\"071526_2_year_old_shot_cops_v2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Fox 35 Orlando<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-99ffd338f51e92f6455970843ee3d1f3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Osceola County Sheriff <strong>Chris Blackmon<\/strong> says the children were alone in a car when the 4-year-old grabbed a gun, which was &#8220;literally in the open.&#8221; He said adults were standing outside the car when they heard the fatal gunshot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f8590c9702e42edb5a0bfc50fe00fa85\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The family was at a rental house in Kissimmee on vacation from 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