 When the 4-year-old slipped her hand into her grandmother’s purse, she was searching for something sweet, her father told the Tampa Bay Times. Shane Zoller told the newspaper that his daughter, Yanelly, was looking for candy while visiting her grandparents last week in North Tampa, Fla. "I was driving to pick her up with her bathing suit in my car to take her to the splash pads," Shane Zoller told the Times. Tampa police gave this report of the incident: "On Sept. 14, sometime before 2:22 p.m., Yanelly Zoller, 4 year old female (1/12/2013), reportedly found a firearm in her grandmother's purse and accidentally shot herself. "Left to cherish her memory are her parents, Shane and Lisette; brothers, Liam Zoller and Noah Banksdon; paternal grandparents, Michael and Christie Zoller; and maternal grandmother, Cindy Villareal," the obit says. This 4-year-old was one of them.] Shane Zoller said he was still in high school when he became a father.
– Yanelly "Nelly" Zoller was trying to find candy in her grandma's purse when she stumbled upon a gun, accidentally pulled the trigger, and fatally shot herself in the chest. The Florida 4-year-old was at her grandparents' home Sept. 14 when the tragedy occurred; her father, Shane, arrived to pick her up and take her to a nearby splash pad when he saw police cars at the house. "She just wanted some damn candy," he tells the Tampa Bay Times. Her grandparents were at home at the time, Patch reports. "She was extremely close to them and would get so excited when she got to stay at her nana's house," he adds. "She was attached to her nana's hip." A Tampa police spokesperson tells the Washington Post it appears the shooting was accidental, but an investigation is still underway. Funds are being raised for funeral costs on YouCaring and GoFundMe.