Girl shoots herself in the head with an unsafed gun in Michigan: man faces six charges
A 22-year-old man faces multiple firearms charges after a 4-year-old girl died from accidental gunshot wounds in a home
A 4-year-old woman died from an sudden gunshot wound to the head with a weapon that was poorly stored inside a Lansing home, according to authorities in Michigan, and she is facing six legal firearms-related charges.
According to a media release from the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office obtained by Law & Crime, Maliki Pendergrass, 22, was detained in connection with the incident that occurred on January 21. The gun's security was compromised. Authorities responded to the house around 11:40 a. m. after receiving a record of a shooting, according to the lawyer's office. Officials arrived and discovered the baby with a gunshot wound to the head. Emergency services attempted to protect her, but the child was later found dead. Authorities discovered a gun that the child found was not properly stored, as state law required. The girl and Pendergrass ' relationship has not been made known to the general public.
Criminal Background and Charges
Pendergrass was alleged to have a prior felony conviction that had made it illegal for him to possess a rifle. Even so, he was accused of six felonies, two of which were matters of infringing on safe gun laws.
He is being held by the Lansing Police Department on a$ 1 million bail. His next court presence is scheduled for February 6.
The woman's death was" completely treatable," according to Ingham County Prosecutor John Dewane.
He claimed using a switch or gun safe would have prevented the gun from being stored properly, as required by Michigan law. We must make every effort to protect our children from avoidable calamities like this, saying," One life lost is one too many. "
Neighborhoods of the apartment building where the incident took place expressed horror and pain. One native, who chose not to be identified, tearfully told the regional NBC affiliate WILX," They have to put down the guns. " They simply have to put them down and must discover a better way to go about it.
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