CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The parents of a 10-year-old boy who police say accidentally shot his 8-year-old cousin while they played with a gun on Saturday afternoon said they've taught their son to alert an adult when they see a gun and to never play with one.

The 10-year-old boy's mother said she was working as a nurse in Ravenna when she got the call about the shooting. She said her son should have known to tell an adult at the home they had a gun.

"They know better," she said. "We're not sure where they got the gun. They were playing at the park and came home right before it happened."

cleveland.com is not naming the parents in order to protect the child's identity.

The shooting happened about 2:45 p.m. at a home in the 3500 block of West 120th Street, off Lorain Avenue.

The two boys, along with the 8-year-old's twin brother, were playing with the gun when it fired. A bullet hit the 8-year-old in the upper left shoulder. The bullet went through the boy's shoulder and out his arm.

He was taken to Fairview Hospital in stable condition, according to police.

A man could be cited for failing to secure a gun, according to police. Neither the mother or father of the 10-year-old boy were at the home at the time of the shooting.

The 10-year-old boy's mother said all three boys are traumatized by the incident.

Cleveland police spent more than two hours at the home interviewing family members and collecting evidence, including what appeared to be a blood-soaked shirt or towel.

Investigators also marked the blood trail leading outside the home, to the porch and onto the driveway.

Police also had several people at the home take gunshot-residue tests. The 10-year-old boy's father said there was a bullet hole in the upstairs bedroom from the shooting.

Two adults were home at the time of the shooting, the boy's father said. He said he has no guns at the home and that he's told his son to stay away from guns.

"He seriously could have been dead," he said. "It's seriously amazing that he's not He could have been seriously hurt. He could have been in a coma."

Cleveland police are investigating after a 10-year-old boy accidentally shot his cousin while playing with a gun.

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