A 6-year-old boy shot his baby brother twice in Detroit on Wednesday night in the latest incident of children getting access to unattended guns, police said.
The 1-year-old, who is expected to survive, was shot through his cheek and left shoulder while sitting in a baby bouncer, Assistant Chief of Detroit Police Charles Fitzgerald said during a Wednesday news conference. A loaded, semi-automatic weapon had been left in the house. Their mother was down the street and their dad was in the backyard with some other children and an uncle, police said.
One January incident in the state involved a 5-year-old boy shooting himself in the hand in Detroit, Fitzgerald said at the time. He was able to get access to the gun with a 3-and-a-half-year-old, a 2-year-old and a newborn in the house. He suffered what Fitzgerald described as a"pretty heavy-duty injury." Fitzgerald expressed frustration at the child being able to access the gun.
Children have, in several instances, accessed unsecured guns in Michigan since Whitmer signed the storage bill. In May, a 2-year-old boy unintentionally shot and killed himself in a home,reported. The boy found the gun, which belonged to his mother's boyfriend, on the couch. The boyfriend was charged with involuntary manslaughter.
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