{"id":224072,"date":"2026-04-08T23:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224072\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:09:09","slug":"tallahassee-mother-says-faith-loved-ones-keep-her-going-after-toddler-fatally-shot-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224072\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee mother says faith, loved ones keep her going after toddler fatally shot himself"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A Tallahassee mother is speaking out after her 3-year-old son died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in November<\/a>, leading to charges against the father in connection to his death.<\/p>\n

Sakari Baker said she wakes up missing her son Kane Thomas every day, who died just a month before his fourth birthday. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was smart and very energetic. He loved dinosaurs, and pizza was his favorite food,\u201d she said. \u201cHe was actually getting to the point where he liked books.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SakariSakari Baker said she wakes up missing her son Kane Thomas every day, who died just a month before his fourth birthday.(Sakari Baker)<\/p>\n

On November 9, Leon County deputies sadly discovered the young child dead at the home of his father, Kadeem Thomas, located on Augustus Oak Court. <\/p>\n

Thomas told police he fell asleep with a gun tucked into the couch, next to him on the sofa. Thomas said he then woke up to a pop sound and felt the toddler next to him, the court papers revealed.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old father was arrested and charged with culpable negligence<\/a> earlier this week, arrest documents revealed. Since then, Thomas was released on bond. <\/p>\n

\"ThomasThomas is charged with culpable negligence after his son died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to arrest papers.(Leon County Jail)<\/p>\n

Baker said before her son\u2019s passing, she dropped him off with his father for the week because she had to travel for work. But her world changed forever once she returned. <\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in a mother\u2019s intuition, but I don\u2019t think I truly experienced it until that morning. All that morning, I just felt that something wasn\u2019t right,\u201d she said. \u201cFor us to be where we are now, I\u2019m just really disappointed. It took a while for it to register that it was even real and I still have moments that it doesn\u2019t feel real.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Baker waits for the justice system, she\u2019s relying on family, friends and her faith to keep her going. <\/p>\n

\u201cIts been nobody but God,\u201d she said. \u201cI want all parties to be held accountable. Lock your guns up, if there\u2019s anybody that\u2019s questionable around your kids, just protect your children at all costs cause this could\u2019ve all been avoidable.\u201d <\/p>\n

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