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The shooting comes months after Michigan’s safe gun storage requirements were approved.
A 2-year-old child in Michigan died Sunday evening from a shooting after gaining access to an unsecured firearm, authorities said.
Police initially responded to the report of a 6 p.m. shooting in the Rolling Oaks subdivision of Howell, Michigan, according to a statement from the Howell Police Department.
Police are investigating the death of a two-year-old child who gained access to an unsecured firearm.
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“It was reported that a 2.5-year-old child accessed an unsecured firearm that resulted in an accidental shot,” the release read.
The victim was transported to a local hospital, where the child was pronounced dead.
The Howell Police Department has not released additional details about the incident, and the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, which also responded to the incident, also declined to provide information.
Incidents involving children accessing unsecured firearms are common, with nearly one child shooting himself or someone else each day with an unsecured firearm, according to the nonprofit organization Everytown for Gun Safety.
Police are investigating the death of a two-year-old child who gained access to an unsecured firearm.
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According to Everytown, between 2015 and 2022, at least 895 children under the age of 5 and preschoolers were able to shoot themselves or someone else, injuring or killing at least 933 children.
The Howell shooting also comes less than two months after Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills requiring safe storage of firearms.
“Universal background checks and secure storage are long overdue steps we are proud to take today that will save lives by keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, domestic violence and children in the home,” Whitmer said at the time of the bill’s signing. .
