Pa. toddler shoots himself in the head, feared to be brain dead

January 14, 2010 at 12:40p.m.

YORK, Pa. (AP) — A prosecutor in central Pennsylvania says a 2-year-old boy is believed to be brain dead after apparently shooting himself in the head.

York County District Attorney Tom Kearney said today the shooting in Manchester Township appears to be an accident.

Kearney says the child’s mother put the boy to bed and later heard a shot Wednesday afternoon. Investigators say the boy found a .22-caliber handgun in a closet.