SAGINAW, MI — Police in Saginaw say a teenager was shot in the head at a Saginaw home.

The incident occurred about 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15 in the 2100 block of Robinwood, according to Michigan State Police Lt. David Kaiser.

Officers were called to the area in reference to a shooting.

Kaiser said that a 20-year-old male reported that his 17-year-old cousin was shot during a drive-by and the suspect was not known.

Police conducted a sweep of the residence and found a bullet hole in a window that appeared to come from inside the residence, Kaiser said.

After further investigation, police allege that the two were playing with a .40 caliber pistol that accidentally went off and a bullet struck the 17-year-old in the head, Kaiser said.

The gun was recovered from another man who fled the scene after the shooting. The man the gun was recovered from was on probation for a firearm offense, Kaiser said. He was lodged in the Saginaw County Jail.

The victim is in intensive care at a local hospital, Kaiser said.