Police: 4-year-old boy shot by unsecured gun in Detroit
(CBS DETROIT) - Police are investigating after a 4-year-old boy was shot by an unsecured gun on Thursday in Detroit.
The shooting happened in the 5500 block of Larchmont Street.
Detroit police say three children, ages 11, 9 and 4, were in the home when the 9-year-old picked up the gun and shot his 4-year-old brother in the face.
Police say the child was taken to a hospital, and his condition is listed as temporary serious.
Two people were arrested in connection with the shooting. Their relation to the child is unknown.
The shooting comes more than a week after an 8-year-old boy was shot in the head by an unsecured gun on Oct. 3. The child's father, 27-year-old Kayvon Barret, was charged with second-degree child abuse.
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