A 5-year-old boy in Texas is in critical condition after he reportedly shot himself in the face with a shotgun while hunting with his 11-year-old brother.<br /><br />A Harris County resident who identified himself to KHOU has “Mr. Fred” recalled that the 11-year-old drove to his house in a panic on Friday afternoon.<br /><br />“I was sitting on the porch, car comes flying in here,” Mr. Fred explained. “He said his brother shot himself.”<br /><br />According to Mr. Fred, the 11-year-old boy had laid the gun down after the two boys had been out hunting. But the 5-year-old boy later went back to retrieve the gun.<br /><br />The 11 year old heard a gunshot, and found the younger brother shot in the chin. He put the boy in the car and drove to a neighbor’s house for assistance.<br /><br />“He knew what to do,” Mr Fred noted. “He got his brother, put him in the back seat.”<br /><br />“That was a strong little boy,” he added. “I kept telling everybody don’t get his heart beating, just keep it calm.”<br /><br />A neighbor who was identified as Ms. Beth (pictured above) help put pressure on the wound.<br /><br />“It was just an accident, an accident that should have never happened,” she told KHOU.<br /><br />The 5-year-old was taken by life flight helicopter to Memorial Herman Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.<br /><br />Harris County Sheriff’s deputies were investigating why the boys had access to guns and a car while their father was at work.
