DETROIT (WWJ) – No criminal charges will be filed against a 9-year-old Detroit boy or his mother after the child accidentally shot a teenager.

According to police, the 9-year-old found a loaded handgun in the yard at his home on Kilbourne Street on Detroit’s east side.

Police said the child went onto the porch and was playing with the weapon when it accidentally fired, hitting a 15-year-old boy who was walking down Kilbourne, near Outer Drive and Dickerson.

The teen was treated for his gunshot wound and released.