Charges could be laid over the shooting of a five-year-old boy in the face on Queensland's Southern Downs, police say.
The boy is in a serious but stable condition in the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane after he was accidently shot on a property near Stanthorpe.
Police said the boy was accidentally shot with a rifle in a shed at a property on Granite Belt Drive at Cottonvale on Tuesday afternoon.
Officers said the gun was fired by another boy who was known to him.
Police said the boy sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound in the facial area.
He has undergone two rounds of surgery.
The Police Child Protection Unit is involved in the investigation.
In a statement police said the rifle was registered to a person with a firearms licence.
"Inquiries are continuing as to how the weapon came to be unsecured and circumstances surrounding the incident," it said.
The nature of the boy's injuries are unknown at this stage as the family has asked for privacy.
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