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UPDATE: IMPD has said that the child died at Riley Hospital. Police are still investigating.

INDIANAPOLIS — A child is in critical condition with a likely self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The Indy Metro Police Department responded to a person shot on the far eastside, at the Amber Woods Apartments on John Jay Drive by Mitthoefer Road. There, officers found a child who had been shot.

Police say the shooting was accidental and self-inflicted. The child was taken to Riley Hospital in critical condition.

IMPD has not yet released the age of the child or any other identifying details.