The tragic cases in early 2012 had everybody talking. Four children accidentally shot, just days or weeks apart, across the state. Two of the kids died. More than one year later, just one person has been convicted in all these cases and now, a judge in Tacoma has dismissed a manslaughter charge.

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Days later, in Tacoma, Eric Vita got out of his car to pump gas and placed his legal, loaded gun beneath the passenger seat. He didn't want the same kind of problem he had at a different time when somebody called police because he went into a store with the gun in his waistband. Vita left his girlfriend in the car with two sleepy children. Vita's attorney, Dave Gehrke, says the 3-year-old unbuckled and moved toward the front of the car.

"And the mom, in an abundance of caution, reaches over under the front passenger seat, gets the gun and puts it under her seat. Unfortunately, the child sees her do this." At some point, the mom, Jahnisha McIntosh, left the car, Julio grabbed the gun, and killed himself.

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"And I told the judge, everything the prosecutor says is true (but) there's not evidence of a crime by my client, Mr. Vita. The judge agreed and dismissed the manslaughter charge."

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