A 6-year-old boy found a gun and shot his 1-year-old sibling twice on Wednesday, Detroit police said, in what an official said is a too-common occurrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The younger child, who was shot in the cheek and shoulder, survived, Detroit Police Assistant Chief Charles Fitzgerald told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere we are again,\u201d Fitzgerald said, adding, \u201cWe\u2019re here far too often talking about securing your weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 1-year-old was jumping in a bouncy when the 6-year-old found a semi-automatic firearm and shot his sibling around 7:40 p.m., Fitzgerald said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their mother was down the street at a family member\u2019s house, and the father was in the backyard with other children and an uncle working on a fence when the shooting occurred, Fitzgerald said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police said Wednesday no one was under arrest, and that investigators would present anything discovered to the Wayne County Prosecutor\u2019s Office for consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We’re very, very fortunate that child is still with us,” Fitzgerald said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law<\/a> a bill that requires guns stored or left unattended to be locked, if it is reasonable to believe a child will be present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She signed the bill two months after a gunman killed three people at Michigan State University<\/a>, and around 16 months after a 15-year-old\u2002<\/a>high school student fatally shot four people<\/a> at Oxford High School. Whitmer’s office referred to both shootings when the governor signed that bill and others dealing with guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been at least 128 unintentional shootings by children in the United States this year, according to a database by Everytown for Gun Safety<\/a>, an advocacy group that calls for stricter laws about guns. Of those, there were 54 deaths, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n