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Girl, 3, Critical From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

POSTED: 5:21 pm EDT April 6, 2008
UPDATED: 7:37 pm EDT April 6, 2008

A 3-year-old child shot herself in the head Sunday on Detroit's west side after she found a loaded weapon and fired it, police said.

According to Detroit police, Kyra Thomas, 3, shot herself on the right side of her head and was transported to Sinai Grace Hospital, where she is reported in critical condition.

Police said all the adults in the household, located near Interstate 96 and Lahser Road, are being questioned and checks are being run on the weapon.

Neighbors said they heard only one shot. One neighbor called 911 after the baby's mother, covered in blood, ran outside screaming.

Another neighbor said the incident frightened the neighborhood.

"It's frightening, you know, because you're just standing right next door to something somebody gets shot -- and a baby, an infant, that's terrible," she said.

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