Jace Chunky Eric Scott, a 3-year-old from Flint, Michigan, died after a gunshot wound late on the night of May 17, 2020. He was rushed to Hurley Medical Center by private vehicle and pronounced dead a short time after arriving. Authorities said the shot occurred inside the family home on Cadillac Street; adults in the house had been downstairs watching television and the children went upstairs moments before a single gunshot rang out. Jace was found on the top bunk with a head wound and a 9mm handgun nearby.

Early reports described the shooting as appearing accidental and self-inflicted, and investigators initially focused on how a firearm was accessed inside the residence rather than on an outside attacker. By the end of May 2020 prosecutors charged Jace’s parents, Kala Marshea White and Jaqualein Ovaiarie Scott-Bradley, alleging failures in safe storage and handling of the weapon; charges included involuntary manslaughter, multiple counts of second-degree child abuse, and felony-firearm counts, with Scott-Bradley also charged as a felon in possession. Did anyone in the Flint area know the family or observe unsafe storage practices at that address?