Incident

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1-07-2022 Michigan Detroit 1-1

Location

January 07, 2022

6500 block of Brush St
Detroit, Michigan

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 4
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Family
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Cleaning gun
Child Involved Incident
Child injured (not child shooter)

Notes

mother accidentally shot child while cleaning gun; originally reported child shot during AR; gsw leg and arm

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/01/07/police-on-scene-after-4-year-old-shot-on-detroits-east-side/

URL: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/4-year-old-shot-in-detroit

URL: https://www.wxyz.com/news/detroit-police-say-mother-has-admitted-to-accidentally-shooting-4-year-old

District

Congressional District: 13
State Senate District: 1
State House District: 4