Gabriel Hojnacki of Grand Rapids, Michigan, age 13, was playing with a gun with a friend when he was accidentally shot and killed. According to his family, “Gabe loved fishing, biking and his five siblings.”

The boy who fired the gun was taken into custody. George Gross, the grandfather of the alleged shooter said “it was his 45-caliber gun the teens were playing with. Gross said he was at work when it happened and he stored the weapon in an unlocked dresser in his bedroom.”  He expressed sympathy for Hojnacki’s family.

Gross has apparently not been arrested or charged for leaving the gun accessible to children.

Source:

Jaqueline Francis, “Family Identifies Boy Killed in GR Accidental Shooting,” woodty.com (May 29, 2022).