Transkript 0:09 A three-year-old brought a loaded handgun to daycare where children passed it 0:13 around. 0:13 No one was injured, but a loaded firearm reached children in a classroom where 0:17 adults were responsible for their care. 0:19 Both parents now face misdemeanor charges, and the charges are different. 0:24 How did the gun reach the child's backpack, and what has the case established so 0:28 far? 0:29 A teacher spotted the handgun being passed among students at Children's World Early 0:33 Learning Center on Sheldon Road in Canton, Michigan. 0:35 Staff intervened, secured the gun, and police were called. 0:38 The incident happened on September 28, 2026. 0:41 No shots were fired. 0:42 The child had brought the loaded handgun into the classroom in his backpack. 0:45 A holster did not keep the gun out of this child's hands. 0:48 The firearm was inside the backpack in a holster, and the boy removed it before 0:52 staff intervened. 0:53 Describing it as secured does not establish that it was locked away or inaccessible. 0:57 The children's handling of the gun and the staff's intervention are established, but 1:01 the complete sequence is not how many children touched it, how long they held it, 1:06 and whether anyone pulled the trigger remain unknown. 1:08 Both parents appeared in court on October 1st and pleaded not guilty. 1:12 Brandon John Ely, twenty eight, and Rabab Ibrahim Alzayad, twenty seven, were 1:16 arraigned in the 35th District Court in Plymouth. 1:19 Wayne County Prosecutor Kim Worthy brought the charges. 1:21 Ely faces fourth-degree child abuse, not an unsafe storage charge. 1:25 His potential maximum is one year in jail if convicted. 1:28 Al-Zayad faces unsafe firearm storage, carrying a potential maximum of 93 days. 1:33 Treating the two as identical unsafe storage cases obscures that distinction. 1:37 These are allegations, not convictions. 1:40 The prosecution still has to establish them through the legal process, and no ruling 1:43 on guilt or sentence is established. 1:46 The parents' names also need correcting, Brandon John Ely, not Brandon Eli, and 1:50 Rabab Ibrahim Alzayad, not Rabab Alzad. 1:53 Those different spellings refer to the same defendants. 1:55 The underlying charging documents, arraignment orders, and complete court docket 1:59 have not been independently examined. 2:01 Ely put his own firearm count at nine in court. 2:04 That is his statement, not an independently verified inventory. 2:08 He was ordered to surrender all his guns, but the order is not proof that every 2:11 firearm has already been turned over. 2:13 Compliance remains unverified. 2:15 Detroit police placed Ely on administrative duty. 2:18 He is a Detroit police officer, and that employment action does not establish 2:22 dismissal, a final disciplinary finding, or the outcome of an internal 2:26 investigation. 2:27 The handgun brought to daycare was not his service weapon. 2:30 That distinction does not identify its owner or explain how it reached the backpack. 2:34 The parent initially in custody was not the police officer parent. 2:37 At the September 29 stage, prosecutors were still weighing charges against a parent, 2:41 including the officer. 2:42 Ely was also being investigated by another agency that was not identified. 2:46 Both parents' later court appearances established that both were charged. 2:49 They do not retroactively make Ely the person initially detained. 2:52 Current bond amounts, custody, or release status, and complete release conditions 2:56 are not verified. 2:57 Michigan's secure storage law requires precautions before a child gains access. 3:02 It took effect February 13th, 2024. 3:04 The requirement applies when someone stores or leaves a firearm unattended on 3:08 premises under their control and knows, or reasonably should know, That a minor is 3:12 or is likely to be present. 3:14 The alternatives include a locked box or container or keeping the firearm unloaded 3:18 and securing it with a properly engaged locking device. 3:21 A holster alone should not be confused with those protections. 3:24 The precise statutory subsection and full elements underlying Al-Zayad's charge have 3:29 not been independently established. 3:31 The complete penalty provisions are unavailable for that verification. 3:34 The case's one-year and 93-day potential jail terms are established, but Ely's 3:38 one-year exposure belongs to the separate fourth-degree child abuse charge, not an 3:42 interchangeable unsafe storage offense. 3:44 The toddler and a sibling have both lost their places at the daycare. 3:47 The center disenrolled them and added backpack checks. 3:50 The earlier description of the family being disenrolled is now more specific. 3:54 Two children were affected. 3:55 The previous backpack check policy is not established, nor is the number of other 3:59 children present or whether the new checks have uncovered additional hazards. 4:03 No finding of negligence against the center or the teacher who intervened is 4:07 established. 4:08 The gun's route into the backpack remains unexplained. 4:11 What is known is that a loaded handgun reached the classroom. 4:15 Children could access it, staff secured it, and both parents now face separate 4:19 charges. 4:20 What remains unknown is who owned it, who put it there, where it had previously been 4:24 stored, and what each parent knew. 4:25 Ely's final employment outcome and compliance with the gun surrender order are also 4:29 unresolved. 4:30 No verified next hearing date is available. 