Kansas Father Pleads Guilty After Toddler Fatally Shoots Baby Sister
Michael Tejeda pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder after prosecutors said his toddler fatally shot the family's baby daughter at their Wichita, Kansas, home.[1]
He admitted to second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and two counts of aggravated child endangerment as part of the plea agreement.[1] Prosecutors agreed to drop a first-degree felony-murder charge and sentencing is scheduled for July 9, 2026.[1]
On February 28, 2025, police say the shooting occurred at the family's home on South Santa Fe Street in Wichita.[1] Tejeda told investigators he left his handgun on a fireplace mantel before hearing a gunshot and finding his 1-year-old daughter with a head wound and the gun on the couch.[1]
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- The fatal shooting occurred February 28, 2025, at the family’s home on South Santa Fe Street in Wichita, Kansas.
- On a guilty plea entered the week before May 27, 2026, Michael Tejeda admitted to second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and two counts of aggravated child endangerment.
- Tejeda told investigators he left his handgun on a fireplace mantel before hearing a gunshot and finding his 1-year-old daughter with a head wound and the gun on the couch.
- Sentencing is scheduled for July 9, 2026, and prosecutors agreed to drop a first-degree felony-murder charge as part of the plea deal.
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