By Yolanda Jones of The Commercial Appeal

A man charged in the shooting death of a pregnant 15-year-old girl told police that the victim was playing with a 12-gauge shotgun when it fired hitting her in the head as he tried to take the gun away from her, according to arrest records.

Terry Turner, 24, has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Vianca Harris Monday at the Valley Forge Apartments in the 100 block of Hillview Avenue, off Neely Road in Whitehaven.

When police arrived around 1 a.m., they found the teen slumped over the couch with a gunshot wound behind her left ear, according to the arrest affidavit.

Harris was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics with the fire department. Her death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner's office, according to an arrest affidavit.

Police said Harris was four to five weeks pregnant when she was killed. Turner now also faces charges in the death of Harris' unborn child.

A witness told police that he was in the living room with the victim and the defendant when the shooting occurred. The man alleged that he saw the defendant get the shotgun from a closet, rack the gun and fire one shot at the victim, hitting her in the head, according to an arrest affidavit.

The defendant told police the shooting was accidental because he was trying to take the gun away from the victim.

Turner was arrested and remains in jail on a $200,000 bond.

According to court records, Turner was arrested last year charged with identity theft trafficking.

In that incident, police arrested Turner and another man after officers found more than a dozen identifications that did not belong to them in their car after they were pulled over on a traffic stop.

Police said Turner gave police a fake name and age before admitting that he had warrants. The arrest affidavit refers to Turner as "she." Turner was booked as a woman and taken to Shelby County Jail East. Authorities later discovered Turner was male. Turner was then transferred to the men's jail at 201 Poplar.