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Posted on 03/03/2026 10:35:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
A 6-year-old girl was killed in an accidental shooting on Monday in a shopping center parking lot in Detroit, authorities say.
Detroit Police Assistance Chief Charles Fitzgerald was visibly upset as he briefed news media about the situation Monday afternoon.
"Here once again with just some horrible, horrible news," Fitzgerald said about the fatal shooting.
A mother had driven up to the location to get some food at a nearby restaurant. As she went to the building, she had left five children in the vehicle unattended. There was also an unsecured weapon in the car, the police officer said.
One of the children ran after the woman to get her attention, but in the meantime, the 6-year-old was fatally struck in the head.
The child and other family members were taken to an area hospital.
"This is preventable, preventable," Fitzgerald said, explaining that this has happened to other families recently. "We have safe storage for a reason. Secure your weapons."
The recent cases that the officer referred to include one on Sunday morning, during which a 6-year-old was injured when she accidentally shot herself with an unsecured weapon.
Officers are investigating how and why the weapon was unsecured, and will present their investigation findings to the Wayne County Prosecutor's office.
Two years ago, new gun safety measures went into effect, requiring gun owners to keep unattended weapons unloaded and locked with a locking device or stored in a locked box or container if a minor is present.
There are penalties for violating the act. According to Michigan law, if a minor fires the gun and inflicts harm on themselves or another individual, the person who failed to properly store the gun could face a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a maximum fine of $7,500, or both.
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield issued the following statement on Monday:
"The family tragedy that happened today on Gratiot and Harper is absolutely heartbreaking. I join the entire city in mourning the lost of this innocent child. What makes this even more heartbreaking is that it was completely avoidable. This is the second time in the past few days that a child in our city has been shot with a parent's unsecured gun. By the grace of God, the other injured child will recover. As a community, we cannot allow this to happen again. I have instructed my office of Neighborhood and Community Safety to work with DPD and other community partners to redouble our City's collective efforts to educate the public on the importance of gun safety and to provide training and resources to protect our children."
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She still has four more children, they’ll let her off.
“A woman”. Hmmm. Well usually it’s “a man”.
If the law enfarcement loafs in Detoilette would clean up the city, moms wouldn’t have to have guns in their cars.
Exactly! So very sad. Prayers for this family.
Growing up there were no safes, locks or lock boxes. You learned safe handling. You were the safety device.
My boys grew up knowing where a gun was in case they needed it and I wasn’t around.
Of course they were trained to use it.
You need a gun loaded and unsecured in Detroit, that is why it wasn’t.
Public officials ought be ashamed of themselves 70 years on now but no, no conscience.
So every family for itself and crap happens.
“Fatally shot ‘by the weapon’”.
Did the gun go off ny itself? No, but you have to get past several instances of this language before learning so.
Woke Detroit with unsecured weapon in the vehicle. Something doesn’t add up?
When my kids were a little older, youngest probably 12-13, a friend asked how many guns I had. I told him I didn’t know because I wasn’t sure how many the kids had in their rooms.
Is this the same or a different case....
No, that’s a different case that was referred to in the press conference. Wonder if there will be equal treatment of the man and the woman in these two similar cases.
Her fault ,not the guns fault. Antone that leaves a loaded pistol in a car with 5 kids ,is a retard!
5 kids alone in a car with a weapon...
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The Adult is Absolutely at Fault!
No Sympathy.
So if the mother had taken her pistol inside with her, this wouldn’t have happened. Did anything stop her from doing so?
“...she had left five children in the vehicle unattended. There was also an unsecured weapon in the car, the police officer said.”
Doesn’t matter to lefties and the media (same thing). It will still be the gun’s fault - they’ll blame Trump too for good measure.
Sigh. I hope they prosecute her.
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