CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 2-year-old son of a Cleveland police officer who shot himself Thursday morning died, and the gun used in the shooting was a police-issued service weapon, according to a statement from a police spokeswoman.

The shooting happened about 10:30 a.m. at a home in the 3800 block of Library Avenue in the city's Brooklyn Centre neighborhood.

The boy was taken to MetroHeath where he died during surgery, according to police spokeswoman Jennifer Ciaccia.

The victim is the son of a 54-year-old police officer who joined the force in 1993.

Police have not released the identity of the child, or the officer in the ongoing investigation.

A neighbor, Sonya Hobbs, called 911 after the shooting. She told cleveland.com that the child suffered a gunshot wound to the head.

"I was leaving out my back door and I heard (the victim's brother) saying somebody call the police," Hobbs said.

She asked the boy what happened, and he told her about the gunshot.

"(He was) hollering 'Call 911, my brother just shot himself.' He was just screaming and hollering. I got my phone and called 911," Hobbs said.

Hobbs was emotional when she described the scene in the home.

"When I went in there, I seen that baby -- he was only two years old -- I seen that baby laying on the floor," she said.

This story has been updated to reflect the correct name of the neighborhood.