Man, 23, shoots roommate after he ‘negligently was handling a firearm and ultimately shot her’

A 23-year-old man in Florida was arrested after he allegedly shot a woman who was his roommate and friend because he was ‘negligently handling’ a firearm,’ authorities said. 

Anthonny Mendez was charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Savannah Leigh Threatts in Kissimmee on Friday, according to a report from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media. 

Officers had been called to a residence on Pickering Drive in the Sherwood Forrest RV resort community on a report of a shooting on Friday.

Savannah Leigh Threatts is pictured from a social media post. She was found shot dead by officers responding to a report of a shooting in  Kissimmee on Friday

The officers said that upon arrival Threatts already was deceased. 

Authorities did not indicate where she was shot. They also did not say what kind of weapon was used, or whether it had been recovered.

Investigators descended on the scene after the fatal shooting, WESH reports.

Several sheriff’s office vehicles were parked outside a pastel green home inside the recreational vehicle community. 

Crime scene tape was visible, wrapped from the mirror of a car parked in the driveway to the home’s rainfall gutters to keep anyone from entering or leaving the home while an investigation was underway.

Mendez also was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and violation of probation.

A sheriff’s deputy leaning into a patrol car window held a cell phone, either taking photos or revealing something that was on the screen.

Sheriff’s office vehicles were parked outside a pastel green home inside the Sherwood Forrest RV resort community in Kissimmee on Friday, where Savannah Leigh Threatts was fatally shot

Crime scene tape was visible tied to the home where Savannah Leigh Threatts was fatally shot inside the Sherwood Forrest RV resort community in Kissimmee on Friday

A sheriff’s deputy leaning into a patrol car window held a cell phone, either taking photos or revealing something on the screen to an unknown occupant held in the backseat cage

It was not clear if it was Mendez who was seated in the backseat cage of the car.

He was taken to the the Osceola County Jail, said the sheriff’s office.

Mendez was being held on zero bond, pending his initial appearance on the charges he faces.

A woman saying she was related to Threatts in a social media post mourned her passing. 

An image of Savannah Leigh Threatts posted on social media mourning her loss after she was found shot dead by officers responding to a report of a shooting in Kissimmee on Friday

Savannah Leigh Threatts poses near a television showing a scene from a Harry Potter film in an image posted on social media after she was found shot dead by officers responding to a report of a shooting in Kissimmee on Friday

An image of Savannah Leigh Threatts posted on social media mourning her loss shows her seated at a dining table

The woman had posted several images of Threatts on Facebook.

She writes in the post a message to an uncle ‘to keep your head up.’

One of the images show Threatts smiling while a television is playing an scene from a Harry Potter film. 

Threatts appears to be seated at at dining table in another image.

The woman who posted the images did not immediately respond when DailyMail.com reached out.