A young boy is hospitalized after being shot twice by his brother on Detroit’s east side Wednesday night.
The shooting happened around 7:45 p.m. in the 600 block of Tennessee – near the Detroit Riverfront, according to Assistant Police Chief Charles Fitzgerald.
Preliminary investigations show the 1-year-old boy was in his bouncy seat when his 6-year-old brother got ahold of a gun and shot the infant, “not once, but twice,” according to Fitzgerald.
The child was shot through the cheek and his left shoulder. He was privately taken to a hospital and was being transferred, according to Fitzgerald.
He was listed in stable condition.
“Here we are again. Once again, another senseless, preventable, horrible incident for this young kid,” Fitzgerald told reporters near the scene.
“We’re here far too often talking about securing weapons. There are gun locks, there are gun safes – the highest shelf you can find in your house. Put the gun up. As high as you can.”
Fitzgerald said the boy's mother was down the street with a family member, while the father was outside working on a fence with the boy's uncle and other children.
It was not immediately clear how the 6-year-old got ahold of the unregistered gun. The incident is under investigation and authorities say the case will be reviewed and sent to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office for possible charges.
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