DETROIT: Police accompanied by a reality TV crew fired a stun grenade through a window as they raided a Detroit home in search of a murder suspect. A gunshot then went off inside, fatally striking a 7-year-old girl in the head while she slept on a couch.

Now three years later, Officer Joseph Weekley goes on trial in the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Jury selection started yesterday.

Weekley, charged with involuntary manslaughter, is accused of acting with gross negligence when he didn’t prevent his gun from firing during the chaos that followed use of a “flash-bang” device.

The shooting shocked Detroit. Cooperation between police and the reality show, “The First 48,” was banned in the aftermath, and the chief soon resigned at the mayor’s request when it was revealed that he was working on plans for another TV show.