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Summary A five-year-old boy was killed when he and a six-year-old found a gun at their grandparents' home in Garfield Township, Michigan, according to police.

Content <p>A 5-year-old boy was killed when he and a 6-year-old boy found a gun at their grandparents' home in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/midwest/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">western Michigan</a>, police said Wednesday.</p><p>The shooting occurred Monday in Newaygo County's Garfield Township, six weeks after a new Michigan law came into effect that requires owners to keep guns locked up when minors are present.</p><p>The gun fired while in the hands of the 6-year-old boy, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state police</a> said on X.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-mother-charged-daycare-staff-find-gun-inside-2-year-olds-lunchbox" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>FLORIDA MOTHER CHARGED AFTER DAY CARE STAFF FIND GUN INSIDE HER 2-YEAR-OLD’S LUNCHBOX</strong></a></p><p>The "two children found a firearm in the bedroom of their grandparents' home," police said.</p><p>Results of the ongoing investigation will be shared with the county prosecutor, police said.</p><p>"This family is grieving," Lt. Michelle Robinson told WZZM-TV.</p><p>Violation of Michigan's new gun storage law carries different consequences for an owner, depending on the details of each incident and whether someone is wounded or killed.</p><p>In February, a Flint man was the first person to be charged, after his 2-year-old daughter got access to a gun and wounded herself. The case is pending.</p><p>Twenty-one states have laws permitting <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal charges</a> against people who fail to keep a gun inaccessible to a minor, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.</p>

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