Three-year-old Skye McBride survived after accidentally shooting herself in the head on Valentine's Day. Her father faces charges under Michiganβs new gun storage law.
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Police went to Michael Tolbert's house in Flint after questioning him at the hospital.
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Skye was placed in an induced coma after undergoing emergency brain surgery.
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Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton spent years pressing Michigan lawmakers to pass a safe storage law.
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Skye with her aunt, LaDorothy Griggs, and her grandmother Pam Williams.
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Skye as an infant and with her father, Michael Tolbert, before the shooting.
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The Smith & Wesson 438 revolver that prosecutors believe Skye picked up from her father's bed and fired unintentionally.
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Dr. Christian Bowers, a neurosurgeon at Hurley Medical Center, shows where the bullet went through Skye's brain.
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Skye and her grandmother Pam Williams at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, where Skye was moved for intensive rehabilitation.
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Skye at Children's Hospital in Detroit with some of the many stuffed animals she received as gifts.
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Skye was given a leg brace and a helmet.
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Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton estimates that there are five or six unintentional shootings by children in his county every year.
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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.
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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.
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Skye holds a get-well card she received during her hospital stay.
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Skye is discharged in April from Childrenβs Hospital in Detroit.
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After Skye returns home from the hospital, her grandmother encourages her to use her left hand.
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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.
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While Skye is learning to walk again, she still needs assistance getting around outside the house.
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Skye and her grandmother at home in May.