FLINT, MI - Charges have been filed against two parents after their four-year-old daughter allegedly shot her finger, which had to be amputated, after picking up a loaded gun in a closet on June 4 at their Flint home.

The child's 32-year-old father and 31-year-old mother face charges of second-degree child abuse, obstruction of justice, and lying to a peace officer in a violent crime investigation in connection with the incident.

Their names are being withheld because they have not yet been arraigned.

The girl allegedly picked up what she thought to be a toy gun and shot one round that hit her left index finger, according to a news release from the Genesee County Prosecutor's Office.

She was taken to Hurley Medical Center where medical personnel amputated the finger as a result of the injury. Three other children in the house were not harmed during the incident.

It's alleged the parents routinely kept multiple handguns in the closet, some of which were kept loaded. Children's toys were also allegedly kept in the same closet.

"This is a terrible, tragic, and preventable incident," said Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton. "When there are children present in a home where guns are kept, I cannot stress enough that parents must be extra careful and vigilant to ensure the safety of their children and others."

No gun safe was found in the home.

"In this incident, it appears from what we know from the investigation that these two parents acted with almost no concern for their children's safety when it came to firearms in the home and, as a result, they will be held accountable for their actions under the law," added Leyton.

The father also faces one count of felony firearm.