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A 3-year-old shot herself in the head. Her father could go to prison for decades.
28 June 2024 at 11:03

A 3-year-old shot herself in the head. Her father could go to prison for decades.

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By: Suzy Khimm and Micki Fahner

28 June 2024 at 11:03

Three-year-old Skye McBride survived after accidentally shooting herself in the head on Valentine's Day. Her father faces charges under Michigan’s new gun storage law.

Police went to Michael Tolbert's house in Flint after questioning him at the hospital.

Skye was placed in an induced coma after undergoing emergency brain surgery.

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton spent years pressing Michigan lawmakers to pass a safe storage law.

Skye with her aunt, LaDorothy Griggs, and her grandmother Pam Williams.

Skye as an infant and with her father, Michael Tolbert, before the shooting.

The Smith & Wesson 438 revolver that prosecutors believe Skye picked up from her father's bed and fired unintentionally.

Dr. Christian Bowers, a neurosurgeon at Hurley Medical Center, shows where the bullet went through Skye's brain.

Skye and her grandmother Pam Williams at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, where Skye was moved for intensive rehabilitation.

Skye at Children's Hospital in Detroit with some of the many stuffed animals she received as gifts.

Skye was given a leg brace and a helmet.

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton estimates that there are five or six unintentional shootings by children in his county every year.

The lawn outside the Capitol in March 2018, covered with empty shoes to memorialize the 7,000 children killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald demonstrates a gun lock during the trial of James Crumbley, whose son killed four students in 2021 with his family's unsecured weapon.

Skye holds a get-well card she received during her hospital stay.

Skye is discharged in April from Children’s Hospital in Detroit.

After Skye returns home from the hospital, her grandmother encourages her to use her left hand.

Skye stays active at home. A sign celebrating her recovery hangs under an illustration of a firearm that her grandmother posted after a crime spike in the neighborhood.

While Skye is learning to walk again, she still needs assistance getting around outside the house.

Skye and her grandmother at home in May.