BALTIMORE — A 6-year-old boy was shot and killed in Southwest Baltimore Saturday afternoon, police say.
It happened inside a home in the 800 block of Vine Street.
That's where police found Micah Comegys suffering from a fatal gunshot wound.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances of this case.
Police say a handgun was recovered on the scene. It's unclear if the gunshot wound was self-inflicted, but no one was home when police arrived.
“Unfortunately, we seem to have these press conferences way too often of our young people getting their hands on a gun that should be secured by adults, the gun owners," Commissioner Richard Worley said. "I can tell you what will we find is that whoever owns the gun, if it wasn’t properly stored, they will be prosecuted to the best of our ability.”
In a separate case from January of this year, a grandmother is facing several charges after her 9-year-old granddaughter accidentally shot herself with a stolen gun.
Last August in Park Heights, a father was sentenced to ten years in prison after his 2-year-old daughter also mistakenly shot and killed herself with his ghost gun.
If anyone has any information, they're asked to contact Metro Crime Stoppers or homicide detectives at 410-396-2100.
6-year-old boy shot and killed in Southwest Baltimore Saturday afternoon
