New York -- Police say a 9-month-old girl is hospitalized after she was accidentally shot inside her home in New York City.

The incident happened Saturday afternoon in apartment in Brooklyn's East New York section.

Police say the father told officers he was cleaning his gun when it accidentally discharged.

The bullet hit the child in the hip. She was taken to Woodhull Medical Center and then transferred to Bellevue Hospital. She is in stable condition there.

Charges are pending against the father. His name was not immediately released.

-- The Associated Press