Pike County Sheriff Charles S. Reader reports Sheriff’s Deputies responded to 2733 SR 41 in reference to an accidental shooting. Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office arrived on scene and located a thirteen year old victim suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office learned from the victim and his mother that the juvenile was cleaning the weapon when it discharged striking the child in the lower abdomen. The child was taken by Bainbridge Squad to an awaiting Air Evac helicopter. The child was then transported by helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. The incident is currently under investigation.