Michigan mother charged after 3-year-old accidentally shoots himself

A Metro Detroit woman has been charged under Michigan’s safe storage law after her 3-year-old son accidentally shot himself with an unsecured gun.

According to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, Daniellys Villegas-Moreno, 24, of Warren, was arraigned on Tuesday and received a $10,000 cash/surety bond. She is ordered not to use or possess a firearm, must wear a GPS tether if released and cannot leave the state of Michigan.

Prosecutors say that on Jan. 20, 2026, Villegas-Moreno’s son shot himself in the hand with a firearm that did not have a gunlock. The child is in stable condition…

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