Location

October 24, 2023

Sunoco Gas
3000 Dunckel Rd
Lansing, Michigan

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
• Accidental Shooting
• Accidental Shooting - Death
• Accidental Shooting at a Business
• Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
• Playing with gun
• Child Involved Incident
• Child picked up & fired gun
• Child killed self
• Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

unsupervised child found adult's loaded firearm in vehicle; 44yo Avis Damone Coward arrested after fleeing as well as victim's mother Emma Huver (both charged: felon in possession)

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: Handgun

Sources

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• URL: https://www.wilx.com/2023/10/24/2-year-old-suffers-life-threatening-injuries-after-shooting-outside-lansing-gas-station/

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• URL: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/10/24/police-2-year-old-boy-found-shot-outside-gas-station-in-lansing

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• URL: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/10/26/alone-in-car-michigan-toddler-dies-from-gunshot-wound-that-police-believe-came-from-unsecured-gun/71332320007/

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• URL: https://www.fox47news.com/neighborhoods/downtown-old-town-reo-town/vigil-held-for-2-year-old-shot-and-killed-in-lansing

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• URL: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/11/22/lansing-man-charged-2-year-old-boy-shot-gun/71676664007/

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• URL: https://www.wlns.com/news/mother-of-toddler-who-shot-himself-now-charged/

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 21
State House District: 74