A 2-year-old girl accidentally shot herself in the head Monday afternoon inside a Sacramento County house while her mother and another woman were also home, deputies said.The shooting happened about 2 p.m. at a home in the 7600 block of Countryfield Drive.The toddler was the only child home at the time of the shooting, and she was listed in critical condition, as of Monday night, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department."Anytime that you show up to a homicide scene or a shooting scene, where a small child is the victim, it's disheartening, it's tragic," Sgt. Tony Turnbull said. "That's why we continually send the message out for the people who have firearms in their home to lock them up."The department's child abuse and homicide detectives were called to the scene. Investigators are still working to figure out how the toddler got a hold of the gun.No other information was released.38170400

A 2-year-old girl accidentally shot herself in the head Monday afternoon inside a Sacramento County house while her mother and another woman were also home, deputies said.

The shooting happened about 2 p.m. at a home in the 7600 block of Countryfield Drive.


The toddler was the only child home at the time of the shooting, and she was listed in critical condition, as of Monday night, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department.

"Anytime that you show up to a homicide scene or a shooting scene, where a small child is the victim, it's disheartening, it's tragic," Sgt. Tony Turnbull said. "That's why we continually send the message out for the people who have firearms in their home to lock them up."

The department's child abuse and homicide detectives were called to the scene. Investigators are still working to figure out how the toddler got a hold of the gun.

No other information was released.