A six-year-old boy has died after being hit by a stray police bullet in Texas just days before Christmas.

Kameron Prescott was struck in the abdomen when the bullet came through the wall of his grandfather’s trailer home, in San Antonio, as officers opened fire on a woman they were pursuing.

Local police said the suspect, Amanda Jones, who was killed in the shooting, had pulled a gun on them in an earlier incident, although was later found to be unarmed at the trailer.

Jones, 30, is thought to have been attempting to break into the trailer where Kameron was staying in a bid to evade law enforcement.

Bexar County police described the death as a “tragic accident” as Kameron’s grieving family called for someone to be “held accountable”.