Houston-area boy accidentally shoots self in head

Child, 4, airlifted in critical condition to local hospital

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Precinct 4 deputy constables are investigating after a 4-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head at a Houston-area home early Tuesday.

The shooting happened in the 15400 block of Redbud Berry Way around midnight.

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Deputies say the boy, Bryson, and his younger sister were at their grandparents' house when Bryson somehow shot himself with a gun.

Deputies arrived and found him breathing, but unresponsive.  He was airlifted in critical condition to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.

The grandparents are cooperating fully with investigators.