3-year-old boy fatally shoots himself after finding gun at home

TEXAS- A 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself after finding an unsecured gun at his home Monday, police say.

Troy Blue Dueñes grabbed the loaded firearm from a bedroom, that belonged to a family member and shot himself in the chest, authorities said on Tuesday.

He was taken to a Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy confirmed that Dueñes died from a self-inflicted wound.

The gun owner’s identity is being withheld, and no charges have been filed. There is ab active investigation.