Macomb County mom charged after 3-year-old son shot self in hand with unsecured gun learns sentence Daniellys Villegas-Moreno, 24, sentenced
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MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – A Macomb County woman charged after her 3-year-old son shot himself in the hand with an unsecured gun learned her sentence on Wednesday.
Daniellys Villegas-Moreno , 24, of Warren, was charged after prosecutors said her son shot himself in the hand with a gun that didn’t have a gun lock and wasn’t secured on Jan. 20.
The boy sustained a non-life-threatening injury.
On April 29, Villegas-Moreno pleaded no contest to a charge of reckless use of firearms.
She was sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 93 days of credit for time served.
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