A 2-year-old boy has died from a gunshot wound after police believe he was left alone in a car with an unsecured firearm.
Lansing police said the incident took place outside a gas station, where they found the boy with a gunshot wound. The toddler was transported to a hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
“It is believed the child was alone in the car and had unsupervised access to an unsecured gun,” Jordan Gulkis, a spokesperson for the Lansing Police Department, told The Associated Press in a statement Thursday.
A 44-year-old male involved in the incident fled from the scene and was later arrested by Lansing police. Charges are pending at the Ingham County Prosecutors Office, according to Gulkis.
Alone in car, Michigan toddler dies from gunshot wound that police believe came from unsecured gun
A 2-year-old boy in Lansing has died from a gunshot wound after police believe he was left alone in a car with an unsecured firearm.
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Joseph Muhammad is torn up after the sudden death of his 2-year-old son King.
"He’s in a better place now, but this is an ugly world down here,” Muhammad said.
Little King’s life was cut short at the Sunoco gas station on Dunckel Road Tuesday.
Police said the toddler suffered a gun shot wound after he was left in the car with an unsecured gun. A male suspect, who ran from the scene after King was shot, has been arrested.
Family members tell us that suspect was King’s mom’s friend.
“This was all unnecessary, it could’ve been prevented, it was neglect and no two year old should have gone through this,” Muhammad said.
“King just made every body smile man, he was bright, knew how to color, knew his abc’s,” Muhammad said.
As King’s family surround each other with love, They’re left asking a question, they’ll probably never get answered.
“All I could ask God is why?” Said family friend Larissa Ralston-school. “It wasn’t meant to happen, but it did and it just sucks.”
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Joseph Muhammad is torn up after the sudden death of his 2-year-old son King. Little King’s life was cut short at the Sunoco gas station on Dunkel Road Tuesday.
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