A Tuscumbia couple has been indicted for manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of a 2-year-old boy who was visiting their home.

William Braxton Whitfield Jr., 22, and his wife, 22-year-old Chelsie Desirae Whitfield, are charged in the July 14 death of Robert Micheal Reaves. The boy, son of Spring Valley Volunteer Fire Chief Keith Reaves, accidentally shot himself with a handgun he found in the Whitfields' home.

The indictment, handed down by a grand jury last week, states that the couple "recklessly" caused Reaves' death by "leaving a loaded firearm, with a live round in the chamber, in an area easily accessible by a small child."

According to the Times-Daily, the couple turned themselves in on Friday and were released on on bonds of $5,000 each.

The toddler was visiting the Whitfield home with family members the day of the shooting. He was rushed to Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, where he died.

Investigators have said that there were other loaded weapons in the bedroom where the shooting took place, as well, the newspaper reports.

A lawyer for the couple, Billy Underwood, told the Times-Daily that Chelsie Whitfield is "beside herself with grief" over the death of the toddler and that William Whitfield is being charged for something that happened when he was not even home.

He called the indictment a "classic clash of Second Amendment rights."

Colbert County District Attorney Bryce Graham Jr. said, however, that the indictment is not about the Second Amendment or gun ownership, but about "recklessness and irresponsibility."

"I'm a gun owner; we are privileged to live in a country where you can own a gun," Graham said. "But this is about being responsible with that gun."