On November 13, 2016, 3-year-old Jamari Lamar Moore was killed in Ypsilanti, Michigan, after a loaded handgun was found by a 10-year-old in a room at Country Meadows Apartments on Stevens Drive. The gun discharged while Jamari and other children were present; the shot fatally wounded Jamari shortly after his mother had left the room. Emergency services arrived about 1:30 p.m., but Jamari could not be saved.

The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation and said the case would be referred to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office to determine whether charges should be filed; authorities also reported an adult had been in the apartment when the shooting occurred. Jamari’s family remembered him as a happy, silly child and asked that the loss serve as a reminder about gun safety. No arrests or charges have been reported in connection with his death.

If anyone was at Country Meadows Apartments that day or has information about how the firearm came to be accessible, please share what is known.