Marion County toddler injured in accidental shooting has died

MARION COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - A Marion County toddler who was critically injured after accidentally shooting himself in the face has died, according to officials with the sheriff's department.

Marion County Sheriff David McKnight says the child was pronounced dead at 12:09 p.m. Wednesday at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. The child's body is being sent to Dallas for an autopsy.

Around 9:15 p.m. Monday, the Marion County Sheriff's Department responded to an accidental shooting on Monica Drive in the Lake O' the Pines area.

When deputies arrived on the scene they found a 3-year-old child with a gunshot wound to the face, according to officials with the department.

The child was transported to LSU Medical Center in Shreveport where he underwent emergency surgery on Tuesday morning.

The incident is still under investigation by the sheriff's department, but officials say all indications are that this was an accidental shooting, where a gun was left in reach of a child who inflicted the gunshot wound on himself.