On May 27, 2022, three-year-old Joshua Gabriel Pluto Gillard was killed in a mass shooting at a home in Stanwood, Michigan. Known as Pluto, he loved Matchbox cars and riding his big wheel. Deputies responding to reports of a man with a gun and shots fired found Joshua, his mother Dawn Gillard, his six-year-old sister Katelynn, and his four-year-old brother Ronald deceased from apparent gunshot wounds.

Authorities identified the suspect as the children’s father and Dawn’s husband, Charles V. Gillard. He was found at the scene with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Family members said Dawn had been a victim of domestic violence before the killings; investigators reported the motive was not entirely clear.

Does anyone have information about Joshua, the family, or what happened that afternoon that could help fill gaps in the timeline?