A 2-year-old discharged a firearm Monday evening during a baseball game in Dale County.

The Dale County Sheriff's Office says a parent of one of the players of a baseball game at Ariton Sports Complex openly carried a pistol near the ballfield on Monday evening.

After being alerted by other parents that firearms are prohibited, the parent removed the weapon from his hip and put it in his wife's purse, according to the sheriff's office.

A short time later, a 2-year-old child playing in the purse discharged the weapon. The bullet is believed to have hit the ground nearby.

"When that gun discharged it's a blessing that no one was injured," Chief Dale County Sheriff's Deputy Mason Bynum told the Dothan Eagle. "If you have a child around you need to make sure that your weapon is secure, and out of reach of the child."

Deputies seized the weapon and are investigating. Criminal charges could be pending.