A 4 year old Oakland boy found a loaded gun inside a home Wednesday afternoon and accidentally shot himself in the head.
According to reports police responded to a shooting call on the 2400 block of Richie St and when they arrived they found a 4 year old boy suffering from a single gunshot wound in his head.
The boy was transported to Children’s Hospital Oakland in critical condition but was later reduced to stable.
Terrance Wilson,37 and a woman believed to be the boys mother were both taken into custody and questioned.
Wilson told authorities that the gun was loaded under his bed and that the child went to the back room and all they heard was a loud bang.
The woman was later released after further investigation and Wilson was booked in and charged with suspicion of criminal storage of a firearm, child endangerment, receiving stolen property and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
This investigation is ongoing.
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