Two men have been charged more than a month after a five-year-old boy was shot in the face on Queensland's southern downs.
Police said the boy was accidentally shot with a unsecured rifle in a shed at a property at Cottonvale in early January.
Officers said that the gun was fired by another boy who was known to him.
A 29-year-old man has been charged with one count of unlawful possession of a weapon.
Another, aged 63, has been charged with failing to secure a weapon.
The men are due to appear in the Warwick Magistrates Court next month.
The boy was taken to Lady Cilento Children's Hospital for treatment in a critical condition.
He underwent multiple rounds of surgery, but was released from hospital just weeks later.
