Tragic Shooting in Kentwood Leaves Toddler Dead and Boy Injured.
Two young children were shot in Michigan within 14 hours of each other, with a 2-year-old killed in an apartment complex outside Grand Rapids and a 5-year-old boy shot in the hand in Detroit. The shootings are under investigation, but experts attribute the surge in youth gun violence to increased access to weapons and a failure to secure them. Juvenile shootings in Detroit have tripled pre-pandemic numbers, with a third involving younger children and unsecured weapons. Detroit police have offered free gun locks in response to the bloodshed.