. >> reporter: jody sandoval keeps a memorial for her son. he was just 14 when he and his best friend were playing at his grand parent's house. >> levi found a gun behind the television. he removed the clip and fired a shot. >> reporter: listen as his 14-year-old friend is questioned by police. >> i pulled the trigger and i thought it hit the wall and it hit him. >> reporter: throughout his enter dpainterrogatio interrogation, levi has no idea the shot was fatal. >> do you think we should tell him what happened? i do too. noah didn't make it. he's dead. >> reporter: levi pled guilty to reckless homicide and sentenced to year of probation. noah's mom, jody, says she doesn't blame levi for her son's death. during trial she asked the judge to lower his sentence. >> levi made a horrible, terrible accident, but it wasn't an accident that a gun was left out. >> reporter: while 14 states have safe storage laws which reduce accidental shooting deaths, ohio has no such law. >> it only takes one person from the horror of what my family and i are facing