Mother Charged in Shooting Death of 1-Year-Old Daughter, Baby’s Dad Claims the Mom Was Trying to ‘Send Her to God’ By Toria Sheffield

A woman in Louisiana has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting her 1-year-old daughter.

Police responded to a report of a shooting at a residence on Quelqueshue Street in Sulphur on Thursday, Jan. 1, at about 8:21 p.m. local time, according to a Sulphur Police Department news release.

Upon arriving, authorities discovered that a child had been shot and killed.

Police have since charged the child’s mother, 28-year-old Kristen Bass, with first-degree murder in connection to the incident. She is being held on a bond of $10 million, per the release.

PEOPLE reached out to the Sulphur Police Department for additional information on Jan. 3, but did not receive an immediate response.

The child’s father, Bradley Moss, identified the victim as Acelynn Moss, per Fox 8. He told the local news outlet that he heard a loud boom the evening of the incident and said he then ran into the room to find Acelynn shot and Bass allegedly holding a gun. He stated that their other child, a 2-year-old girl, was in the room crying for help.

Moss further claimed that Bass told him she shot Acelynn in order to “send her to God,” and that she implied she was planning to shoot their other child as well.

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“I almost lost two babies,” he told Fox 8. “I lost one because her mama wanted to send her to God. [My older daughter] said, ‘Help me, Daddy.’ And Kristin said, ‘I just sent our baby to God.’ ” 

“She said, ‘Now I gotta get her,’ ” he added, referring to the second child.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding the case to reach out to Sgt. Jeremy Cain at 337-527-4558.