Cirla Bingham was 13 when she died from a gunshot to the head at a Detroit home on a Tuesday evening in January 2015. She was at the Lappin Avenue residence with her 14-year-old boyfriend, the son of 45-year-old homeowner Ivan Berrien, and three younger children aged five to seven. The teenagers were left unsupervised when Berrien left to pick up pizza.

While the adults were away, the two teens handled a rifle that belonged to Berrien; the unsecured weapon discharged and fatally struck Cirla. Police initially called the shooting a tragic accident. Prosecutors later charged Berrien with involuntary manslaughter, child abuse, and a felony firearm offense, stressing a gun owner’s responsibility to secure firearms around children. Berrien pleaded guilty to child abuse and received a prison sentence of two to ten years in connection with Cirla’s death.

Did anyone in Detroit know Cirla or have information about how firearms were stored in that neighborhood home?