Correction: This article previously said charges were filed. No one is facing charges in connection to this incident at this time.
A man told police his son accessed his unsecured gun before he accidentally shot himself in the head in Newport News, court documents say.
The shooting happened Tuesday night in the 4200 block of Newsome Drive, according to police.
Court documents say when police arrived at the home, they found the father holding his 3-year-old son on a blanket. The child had been shot in the forehead and was taken to the hospital, where he died of his injuries, documents say.
The father told police he's an armed security guard and left his unsecured gun on the kitchen counter within reach of the child, documents say. He went into his bedroom and “heard a loud pop.” Then, he found his son lying on the floor with a gunshot wound in his head.
