The mother of a 5-year-old girl is in custody after her daughter accidentally shot herself.
Larrinata Starks, 22, faces a count of misdemeanor child endangerment.
Police say the shooting happened Tuesday night in the East Garfield Park neighborhood and family members took the girl to a hospital.
The girl was inside a house in the 3700 block of West Ferdinand Street when she shot herself with a handgun.
Her family took her to the hospital where she remains in serious condition.
No word yet on who owned the gun and if it was legally registered.
Source: WGN News