Three-year-old Liam LaMarr Gregory Myers died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Wyndham Pointe Apartments in Richland County, Columbia, South Carolina, on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. He was born December 4, 2016, in Detroit, Michigan, and was the only child of Dallis J. Hardiman and Devin Gregory Myers. Deputies were called about 6 p.m. after reports of a shooting; witnesses told deputies the child had accidentally shot himself. Liam was taken to Prisma Health Richland Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department described the shooting as accidental and said the investigation was ongoing. No arrests were announced in the immediate aftermath, and initial reports did not name any suspects. How the child gained access to the firearm remains a key unanswered question.

If anyone has information about the incident or about firearm access at Wyndham Pointe Apartments that evening, please share what is known.