周一，在密歇根州坎顿的一家托儿所内，发生了一起令人震惊的事件：一名3岁儿童从背包里掏出一把上膛的手枪，并在其他儿童之间传递。警方称，这起事件已被监控录像拍下，所幸无人受伤。
No one was hurt in what the police described as a shocking episode that was captured on video inside a day care center in Canton, Mich., on Monday. The parents of a 3-year-old were charged with misdemeanors on Thursday after the child pulled a loaded handgun out of a backpack at a day care center in Michigan, where it was passed around to other children, the authorities said.
当局称，周四，这名3岁儿童的父母被控轻罪。周一，这起事件发生在密歇根州坎顿的“儿童世界早期学习中心”（Childrens World Early Learning Center）内部，监控录像记录下了这一令人震惊的过程，所幸无人受伤。当局尚未说明是谁将背包带入中心的，但表示这把Glock手枪属于该儿童的母亲。
No one was injured in what the police described as a shocking episode that was captured on video cameras inside the Childrens World Early Learning Center in Canton, Mich., on Monday. The authorities have not said who brought the backpack into the center but said the gun, a Glock pistol, wased to the child’s mother. A teacher at the center quickly intervened, taking the gun, which was in a holster, away from the children, prosecutors said.
检察官称，中心的一名老师迅速介入，将带有枪套的手枪从孩子们手中夺了过来。
“It is very unsettling to think about what may have happened in this case,” Kym L. Worthy, the Wayne County prosecutor, said in a statement on Thursday.
韦恩县检察官金·L·沃西（Kym L. Worthy）在周四的一份声明中表示：“一想到本案可能发生的后果，就让人感到非常不安。我们很庆幸这家托儿所没有造成人员伤亡。”现年28岁的父亲布兰登·约翰·埃利（Brandon John Ely）是一名底特律警察，被控一项第四级虐待儿童罪，这是一项可判处一年监禁的轻罪。现年27岁的母亲拉巴布·易卜拉欣·阿尔·扎亚德（Rabab Ibrahim Al Zayad）被控一项未安全存放枪支罪，这是一项最高可判处93天监讯的轻罪。
“We are thankful that there was no loss of life at this day care center.”The father, Brandon John Ely, 28, a Detroit police officer, was charged with one count of fourth-degree child abuse, a misdemeanor punishable by a year in jail. The mother, Rabab Ibrahim Al Zayad, 27, was charged with one count of unsafe storage of a firearm, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail.
这两位父母于周四上午过堂，并表示不认罪。他们预计将于10月30日重返法庭参加审前听证会。他们的律师瑞安·E·希尔（Ryan E. Hill）拒绝就指控发表评论。
Both parents were arraigned on Thursday morning, and pleaded not guilty. They were expected back in court for a pretrial conference on Oct. 30. Their lawyer, Ryan E. Hill, declined to comment on the charges.