HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man faces two charges in connection with Monday's shooting, in which a 4-year-old boy found a gun and shot himself, according to records.

Nicholas Zepeda-Quintanilla has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, as well as injury to a child, records state.

The shooting happened at about 12:45 p.m. inside an apartment at 10700 Fuqua in southeast Houston, police said.

The injury to a child charge adds that on Monday, Zepeda-Quintanilla brought "a loaded firearm that was not secured with a trigger lock into the residence of the child and (placed) it on a shelf."

In court records, investigators allege that the suspect bought the gun as a gift to his girlfriend, who is the little boy's mother. The records indicate the couple placed the gun in

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