ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police announced Monday that they arrested a mother for the shooting death of her 2-year-old son. Amillia Garcia, 20, told detectives she was in another room at a southeast Albuquerque apartment when she heard a loud bang. She went into the living room an d discovered her son with a gunshot wound. A handgun with an extended magazine was near his body, police said. Garcia said she picked up her son and carried him upstairs, where other adults who lived in the apartment were staying. Angelica Lucero, 24, who was living in the apartment, told other individuals to leave with the gun used in the shooting. She then called 911 and said the boy was accidentally shot, according to a news release from APD. Albuquerque settles $2.5 million lawsuit after officer shot man in mental health crisis Officers responded to an apartment on Buena Vista Drive SE near Gibson and Yale around 3 p.m. Sunday. The officers attempted CPR on the child, who had a gunshot wound to the chest, but he died at the scene. Officers detained Garcia, who also had a 1-year-old son with her at the apartment, and Lucero, who later admitted to telling two people, including her boyfriend, Angel Cordova, to leave the apartment because he was on probation. Police said Cordova later returned to the apartment with a bag that contained two firearms, including the gun believed to have been discharged, police said. During an interview with detectives, Garcia said the handgun belonged to her and that she left the gun in a handbag on a TV tray in the living room. She said she purchased it on the "streets" for protection because of prior domestic disputes with a family member. Garcia is charged with child abuse resulting in death and tampering with evidence. Lucero was charged with tampering with evidence; Cordova, 25, was charged with tampering with evidence and being a felon in possession of a firearm; and another individual who was at the apartment, Angel Morales, 22, was charged with two counts of tampering with evidence. Previous coverage: ...read more read less