Jah'Me Butler
Age 2
Jonesboro, Georgia
Contagious optimism ended by abandoned shotgun
In his two years of life, his aunt had never seen him sad. He wore a huge smile and brought joy to everyone around him.
He was “the son I always wanted,” his aunt would later say.
Just after noon on Nov. 15, 2018, Jah’Me Butler, 2, was toddling around his Clayton County, Georgia home as his parents lay down for a quick afternoon nap. Picking up a handgun that lay under the pillow, Jah’me accidentally pulled the trigger, shooting himself in the chest. He died later that evening.
