A black former part-time employee of an east Kansas City apartment complex has been charged in connection with the fatal Fourth of July shooting of an 11-year-old girl

African-American Aaron Sullivan, 50, and three others were firing Sullivan's weapon and one of the bullets traveled across the lake and struck Blair Shanahan Lane in the neck on the Fourth of July. She died the next day. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker has announced that Sullivan has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. Prosecutors are asking for a $25,000 bond for Sullivan. Three others were with Sullivan that night but no charges have been filed against them. The prosecutor said that she charged Sullivan because he owned the gun and he fired the weapon. "We can hold someone responsible because an 11-year-old girl lost her life. For this action we can hold him responsible, because someone died, an innocent girl playing on the Fourth of July. That's why we have a charge because the result was so horrendous - a death," the prosecutor said. When the charges were announced, Blair's mother briefly spoke - her few words echoed of gratitude to investigators now that someone would have to answer for her daughter's death. "Thank you. Thank you for being here for us," said Michele Shanahan. Missouri Rep. Mike Talboy, a Kansas City Democrat, has announced that he will ask the Missouri General Assembly to make it a felony to fire a gun recklessly in a populated area. He calls it Blair's Law.