Two-year-old Montreal Dunn died after a gunshot wound to the head following an incident at a home on the 1700 block of South 32nd Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Emergency crews arrived the morning of August 15, 2018, and transported the toddler by police car to Norton Children’s Hospital; he died the next evening, August 16, 2018.

The Louisville Metro Police Department investigated and determined the wound was self-inflicted and ruled the death accidental. Family members said the firearm had been kept in the home for protection and that Montreal’s father had left for work and forgotten the gun, which the child then found. No charges were expected and no suspects were named.

The family described Montreal as a bundle of joy and urged other parents to secure firearms in their homes to prevent similar tragedies. Does anyone have additional information about this case or about local safe-storage efforts that followed?