Boy shot himself while mom picked up food, police say

A 4-year-old boy is in the intensive care unit at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston after accidentally shooting himself while his mother was in a restaurant picking up food, police said.

Three other children were unattended in the vehicle when the shot was fired about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday outside a Middle Georgia restaurant, according to a Facebook post from the Warner Robins Police Department.

The boy was taken to Houston Medical Center then transferred to the Atlanta hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg, police said.