A teenage girl is shot in the eye and police say it's because another teenager was playing with a gun.

A teenage girl is shot in the eye and police say it's because another teenager was playing with a gun. The shooting happened at a house near East Beck Street and Parsons Friday morning.

Police tell 10TV the group of teens were off from school and were hanging out at a South Lane Avenue home. One of the teens obtained a handgun and was playing with it. Police say that's when 14-year-old Destinee Booker was accidentally shot just below the eye.

Booker remains in critical condition at Grant Medical Center with a bullet lodged in her brain stem.

Columbus Police say there were four or five teens visiting inside the home at the time. There were no adults in the house and it’s unclear how the boy obtained the handgun.

After Booker was shot, several of the teens fled the scene. Police say the boy who had the gun dumped it inside a recycling bin near the home.

The other teens flagged down a man driving by to call 911.

Caller: The girl is laying on the front porch of her house

Dispatch: She's laying on the front porch?

Caller to teenagers: Where is she shot at?

Teenage Girl: I don't know!

Teenage Boy: The eye!

Caller: In the eye.

Dispatch: Who shot her?

Caller: What's the boy's name? Who shot her?

Teenage Girl: I don't know.

Police say they know the identity of the teenage boy who shot the girl, but have not released his name while they search.