Kentucky State Police say a Harlan County 3-year-old is dead after being shot in the head.

The county coroner pronounced the three-year-old boy dead shortly after the report of the gunshot. The boy was transported to Harlan County ARH Hospital before dying from the single gunshot wound.

Law enforcement tells WYMT it appears the toddler was able to get ahold of the handgun on the porch of a home before shooting himself.

Troopers are at the scene of the home investigating the shooting.

Authorities have not released the child's name.