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Warren Father to Stand Trial Under Michigan’s Safe Storage Law After 8-Year-Old Son Shoots Himself

May 23, 2024 | 12:02 PM

Photo: Matthew Dae Smith ~ USA TODAY NETWORK

WARREN, May 23, 2024 ~ A Warren father was bound over Macomb County Circuit Court Tuesday on felony charges regarding improper gun storage after his 8-year-old son shot himself in the head.

Theo Nichols, 56, will be the first parent in Macomb County to stand trial under Michigan‘s new safe gun storage law after the gun incident on April 19, which his son survived. Nichols is also charged with second-degree child abuse and faces up to 24 years in prison, according to the Detroit News.

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May 23, 2024 ~ The first man in Macomb County will stand trial under Michigan‘s new safe storage law, after his son shot himself in the head with a gun. Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds talk with Macomb County Prosecutor Pete Lucido about the details of the shooting, and why word of the law hasn’t spread around to state residents.

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