N.M. prosecutors expected to give details about shooting of baby

This combination of booking photos providing by McKinley County Adult Detention Center shows Shayanne Nelson, left, and Tyrell Bitsilly. Nelson’s 8-month-old girl is fighting for her life after police say her 3-year-old brother accidentally shot her in the face Saturday in a Gallup, N.M., motel room while Nelson and her boyfriend Bitsilly were in a shower. Nelson and Bitsilly face child abuse charges.

McKinley County Adult Detention Center via AP

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This combination of booking photos providing by McKinley County Adult Detention Center shows Shayanne Nelson, left, and Tyrell Bitsilly. Nelson’s 8-month-old girl is fighting for her life after police say her 3-year-old brother accidentally shot her in the face Saturday in a Gallup, N.M., motel room while Nelson and her boyfriend Bitsilly were in a shower. Nelson and Bitsilly face child abuse charges.

McKinley County Adult Detention Center via AP

GALLUP, N.M. – Prosecutors are expected to give details about the shooting of a baby at a New Mexico motel.

The teen mother of an 8-month-old girl shot in the face and her boyfriend are scheduled Wednesday to appear before a state magistrate judge in Gallup, New Mexico, who will determine if the child abuse case against them should continue.

Shayanne Nelson and 21-year-old Tyrell Bitsilly are facing child abuse charges after Nelson’s 8-month-old daughter was found with a gunshot wound to the face earlier this month.

The 18-year-old Nelson told police she was in a Gallup Motel shower with Bitsilly when her 3-year-old boy found a gun and accidentally shot the infant.

Gallup Police Capt. Marinda Spencer says the Gallup Indian Medical Center listed the infant in critical condition last week and police have not received any updates.