On May 15, 2024 in Flint, Michigan, two-year-old Cortez Legend Guy was fatally shot in the head. Initial statements to police said the boy had shot himself with an airsoft gun, but investigators recovered a Glock 22 in an upstairs bedroom rather than a toy firearm. Prosecutors say the pistol had been left unsecured in the residence by one of the boy’s cousins and that Cortez’s father, 26-year-old Omar Cortez Guy, was reportedly smoking marijuana when the child found the weapon.

Charges were filed against Omar Guy and two cousins, Keith and Khalil Biggs, including involuntary manslaughter and alleged violations of Michigan’s safe storage law; Omar Guy also faced counts of lying to police and possessing a firearm while under the influence. The charges were dropped at one point because a lead investigator could not testify, then later refiled. The case raises stark questions about how the gun came to be accessible in the home and the decisions made that night.

If anyone has information about the circumstances in that Flint residence on May 15, please come forward with what you know.