MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- A toddler has died following a shooting in Merced.
The shooting happened at 4 p.m. Friday at an apartment complex in the area of Childs Avenue and B Street.
Merced police say that a two-year-old child was shot in the face after gaining access to an unsecured gun in the apartment.
The child was taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
Investigators arrested the father and he was booked into the Merced County Jail on charges of child endangerment resulting in death.
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