Man arrested after 4-year-old boy shot in head in Oakland

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Thursday, March 28, 2019
Man arrested after 4-year-old boy shot in head in Oakland
A man has been arrested after a 4-year-old boy was shot in the head at a home in East Oakland on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A 4-year-old Oakland boy is fighting to survive a gunshot wound to the head after an apparent accidental shooting.

The boy's name is Navaun Jackson. The shooting happened yesterday afternoon inside a home on Ritchie Street near Bancroft Avenue.

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Officers took a man and woman into custody. The man has been arrested; the woman was released pending further investigation. There is no word on their relationship to the boy.

Family members say Navaun was playing when he found the unlocked gun under a bed.

Navaun does not live at the house.