His parents, Timothy Gravel, 32, and Heather LeBlanc, 29, both of Westland, now are facing charges under Michigan's new safe storage law, which went into effect in February and allows prosecutors to hold parents criminally responsible if their unsecured guns wind up in the hands of minors who then either kill or injure themselves or someone else with the weapon.

Michigan prosecutors said. He was rushed to a hospital Nov. 7, but he died from his injuries, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said in a Nov. 12 news release. The child’s 32-year-old dad and 29-year-old mom of Westland are now facing charges ...

This is the seventh case of a child death related to an unsecured firearm this year in Wayne County, officials said.

A Westland couple was charged this week after their 5-year-old son fatally shot himself with an unsecured handgun. Timothy John Gravel, 32, and Heather Ashly LeBlanc, 29, were arraigned Tuesday through the 18th District Court in Westland on one count of safe storage violations for a firearm on premises under an individual's control,

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The parents of a 5-year-old who accidentally shot and killed himself with an unsecured gun have been charged with violating Michigan's safe storage law, officials say.