 Without bail, she called him a danger to the public. According to court records, the missing girl used a friend's phone to communicate with a man. The phone number belonged to Lowry, who lived in the same apartment complex as the girl. That is according to court records. The shooting death of a three-year-old boy was an accident. That from Howard County Police today. Police say the boy was shot Monday after there was some sort of insecure handgun in the home on Harper's Farm Road in Columbia.