TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Jury deliberations are set to begin in the trial for a Tampa father accused of shooting his two children in the head.

Jermaine Bass is charged with killing his 5-year-old daughter, Jaylah Bass, and leaving his 8-year-old son critically injured.

The shooting happened inside their townhouse on Heritage Club Drive near the University of South Florida on the night of Aug. 29, 2022.

Deputies said the children’s mother, Shirley Bass, returned from a dinner party with family shortly before the shooting took place.

Surveillance video showed Shirley Bass leaving the house after shots were fired and going to a neighbor who called 911.

“There’s been no testimony put forward as to any kind of marital discord or any issues between Mr. Bass and either of his children,” said defense attorney Jennifer Spradley.

Investigators said a total of five shots were fired shortly after Jayah Bass and her brother were tucked into their bunkbed.

Four of the bullets struck the children in the head.

Deputies responded to the scene and found 5-year-old Jaylah Bass lying in a pool of blood upstairs in her bunkbed.

“She was shot through her cheek, her temple, and her forehead,” said Assistant State Attorney Jessica Reder.

Body camera video released in court showed Bass telling deputies the shooting was an accident.

“That is not an accident,” Reder said. “That is not loading the firearm and it going off. Those are aimed, precise, deliberate shots.”

The 8-year-old boy recovered from his gunshot wound after undergoing extensive surgery, but Jaylah Bass did not survive.

However, Bass is maintaining his innocence.

Defense attorneys say there’s not enough evidence to prove guilt, and argued the son’s DNA was also on the trigger.

“You heard not one piece of evidence of where that gun was prior to the shooting of the children,” said defense attorney Carolyn Schlemmer. “You heard nothing.”

On Thursday, defense attorneys also stated that a child is capable of firing a weapon.

Jermaine Bass is charged with first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm, first-degree premeditated attempted murder with a firearm, and aggravated child abuse.

The state must prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to reach a guilty verdict.