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

A Louisiana woman has been charged with first-degree murder following the fatal shooting of her 1-year-old daughter, according to police.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting at a home on Quelqueshue Street in Sulphur at about 8:21 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1, the Sulphur Police Department said in a news release. When authorities arrived, they found that a young child had been shot and killed.

The child’s mother, 28-year-old Kristen Bass, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the incident. Police said she is being held on a $10 million bond.

The victim’s father, Bradley Moss, identified the child as Acelynn Moss in an interview with Fox 8. He told the outlet that he heard a loud boom that evening and ran into the room, where he found Acelynn had been shot and Bass was allegedly holding a gun. Moss said their other child, a 2-year-old girl, was also in the room and crying for help.

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

“I almost lost two babies,” Moss 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 their second child.

Police are asking anyone with information related to the case to contact Sgt. Jeremy Cain at 337-527-4558.