Boy Accidentally Shoots Brother, 6

A 6-year-old boy accidentally shot in the chest by his 12-year-old brother while playing with a gun was in critical condition, police said.

The two children were in their Hanford home Tuesday morning when they found a .22-caliber revolver with a single bullet in it, Sgt. Patrick Crowe said.

The older boy appears to have been handling the gun when it fired, Crowe said.

Both parents were at work, and the children had been left under their grandfather’s care.

The shot punctured the younger boy’s lung and liver, but he was conscious when police showed up minutes after the accident.