Redford Police: 5-Year-Old Girl In Stable Condition After Being Shot In The Head

REDFORD, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A 5-year-old girl is listed in stable condition after her 4-year-old brother accidentally shot her in the head.

It happened in the 26500 block of Plymouth Road in Redford Township early Monday morning.

According to the children's mother, the 4-year-old boy woke up in the middle of the night and found the gun in a small closet where the fun was kept unlocked and loaded.

The 4-year-old boy thought it was a toy gun and went into his sister's room accidentally shooting her.

The mother says her daughter should be OK although the top of her head is split open from a graze wound. The mother also said there was bleeding on her daughter's brain.

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