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A child aged two shot its one-year-old baby sibling in the face while they sat inside a parked car at a shopping mall in the US.

The baby was rushed to hospital in a serious condition after the shooting at the shopping centre car park in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Police are unsure how the two-year-old child managed to get hold of the gun.

Officers said two adults were with the children at the time of the incident.

Police were called to the mall car park near the corner of North Foster Drive and Greenwell Springs Road on Tuesday night at about 7.20pm local time.

A spokesman said the family drove the injured child to the hospital rather than wait on an ambulance.

The child was taken to the Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Centre.

An investigation into the incident is under way.