GARFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A five-year-old boy was shot and killed in Garfield Township on Monday afternoon.
Police say the incident happened shortly before 3:30pm at a house on Birmingham Avenue, near 68th Street.
As of Tuesday evening, Michigan State Police (MSP) have not released the identity of the suspect, nor their relationship to the victim.
In a Monday interview, though, Lt. Michelle Robinson said, “A child’s life has been lost, it’s an incredible tragedy for the community.”
On Tuesday, FOX 17 spoke to Patrick Carter and Jon Gold, gun violence prevention experts from the UM Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and Giffords Gun Owners for Safety, respectively
“These are devastating, they're devastating for the family,” said Carter. “They're devastating for the community that surrounds the family, they're really a tragedy.”
For Gold, no gun deaths are accidental: “I don’t know the definition of obscenity, but I know it when I see it. This is obscene,” he said.
“Once a bullet leaves a gun,” Gold added, “It is a deadly projective and you are responsible for wherever it goes.”
In a Tuesday morning phone call, the Newaygo County Prosecutor’s Office said it had not yet issued charges related to the case.
