#Michigan 4-year-old shoots sister in head while parents were asleep

“#Michigan 4-year-old shoots sister in head while parents were asleep”

July 6, 2020 | 1:18pm | Updated July 6, 2020 | 1:22pm

A 5-year-old Michigan girl was shot in the head by her 4-year-old brother while their parents slept early Monday morning, according to reports.

Police said the boy woke up about 1:40 a.m. and grabbed the loaded gun from an unlocked closet in the family’s home in Redford Township, a Detroit suburb, WWJ-TV reported.

The youngster, who thought it was a toy gun, went into his sister’s room and shot the girl, grazing her head, their mother told the outlet.

She said her daughter, who is in stable condition, is expected to recover but that the girl’s head was split open and that there was bleeding on he brain.

The children and their parents were not identified.

The shooting followed a violent Independence Day weekend that saw a rash of shootings throughout the US.

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