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The Michigan daycare toddler gun incident

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Where it stands

Both parents have appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. Brandon John Ely faces a fourth-degree child-abuse charge, and Rabab Ibrahim Al Zayad faces an unsafe-firearm-storage charge; the investigation and charging decisions described in the charter are not reported as resolved.

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  1. Update 1A holster did not stop a toddler accessing a loaded gun. His parents now face different charges

The story so far

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    A holster did not stop a toddler accessing a loaded gun. His parents now face different charges

    A Detroit officer faces child abuse, while the child’s mother faces unsafe firearm storage. Both pleaded not guilty; how the loaded handgun reached the backpack remains unknown.

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    • Who owned the gun, who put it in the backpack, where it had been stored and what each parent knew are not established. Neither compliance with the surrender order nor Ely’s final employment outcome is verified.

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Who's involved

People

  • Kym WorthyAmerican prosecutor1 report

Organizations

  • Wayne County Prosecutor's Officedistrict Attorney of Wayne County1 report

Places

  • 35th District Court660 Plymouth Rd, Plymouth, MI 48170, USA1 report
  • Childrens World Early Learning Center7437 Sheldon Rd, Canton Township, MI 48187, USA1 report

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