A child was killed in southeast Oak Cliff on Thursday evening when a man who was playing with a handgun accidentally shot him, Dallas police said.
The incident happened about 7:45 p.m. in the 2500 block of Fatima Avenue, near South Lancaster Road. Police said a man was playing with a handgun when it went off.
A department spokesman declined to give the child’s age but said he was not an infant.
It’s not clear what the relationship was between the child and the shooter.