Texas boy, 2, dies after 'accidentally' shooting himself in the head with family member's gun he found at home Shooting took place at apartment complex in Waco, Texas, Wednesday Police say 2-year-old boy apparently found a loaded gun in a relative's backpack and accidentally shot himself in the head The owner of the gun initially took the weapon and fled, but later returned and was arrested on evidence tampering charge By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com Published: 16:42 BST, 23 September 2021 | Updated: 17:57 BST, 23 September 2021 Viewcomments A two-year-old Texas boy has died after police say he accidentally shot himself in the head with a relative's gun that he found at home. The Waco Police Department stated in a Facebook post that the incident took place just after 6pm on Wednesday at the University Club Apartments in the 1700 block of North Martin Luther King Boulevard in Waco. Officers were summoned to the scene in reference to a possible shooting and discovered a toddler suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Police in Waco, Texas, on Wednesday responded to the University Club Apartments, where they found a 2-year-old boy suffering from a fetal gunshot wound to the head The two-year-old boy was rushed to Baylor Scott and White Medical Center- Hillcrest Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Meanwhile, investigators learned that the child had found the loaded gun used in the shooting inside a family member's backpack. 'At this time it is believed that the victim may have accidentally shot himself with the firearm after finding it,' the police department's post stated. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the 21-year-old owner of the gun took the weapon and fled the scene, but later returned and was taken into custody. The suspect was booked into the McLennan County Jail on a charge of tampering with physical evidence. While police have not released the name of the suspect, the jail's online list of inmates includes only one person who was arrested on an evidence tampering charge on Wednesday: Derrick Damon Pipkins. DailyMail.com on Thursday reached out to the Waco Police Department seeking comment on the arrest and was awaiting a reply. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility