MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A boy was injured after he accidentally shot himself early Tuesday morning in Frayser, police said.
Memphis Police (MPD) said officers were called just after 2 a.m. to a shooting on Hillside Avenue off Wellons Avenue and University Street and found a child had been shot.
Police said the child was taken to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
MPD said investigators later learned that the child got a hold of his father's gun and while playing with it, he accidentally shot himself. He was hospitalized in non-critical condition, police added.
The child's age was not immediately known.
FOX13 is working to learn if anyone will be charged in the shooting.