On May 30, 2018, two-year-old Messiah Logan was killed by a single gunshot to the forehead in a northeast Las Vegas apartment. Messiah was in a bedroom with four other boys under age 12 when a 9mm handgun was discharged; first responders pronounced him dead at the scene. The boy’s mother, Ashley Slack, was in another room at the time.

Police initially reported a 10-year-old may have brought the gun to the apartment and accidentally fired it. The family disputed that account; the mother said her five-year-old son witnessed Messiah accidentally shooting himself. The Clark County coroner later ruled the death an accident caused by a gunshot wound to the head.

Messiah’s father, Michael Logan, was arrested the day after the shooting and charged with involuntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon, child abuse or neglect resulting in substantial bodily harm, and being a prohibited person in possession of a gun. The involuntary manslaughter charge was dropped in early June 2018; he later pleaded guilty to child abuse and ownership of a gun by a prohibited person and was sentenced to one to five years in High Desert State Prison. Investigators also examined whether anyone tried to remove the gun from the home before police arrived and whether other adults could face charges.

If anyone has information about what happened in that apartment that morning, please share details with the discussion.