Man accidentally shoots cousin in head while playing with gun: MPD

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a 19-year-old man accidentally shot his cousin in the head while playing with a gun.

Police were called at 11:30 Friday night to an apartment in the 800 block of Washington in the Medical District.

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They found the victim with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

His cousin, Jonathan Hill, told police that the two were outside playing with the gun when he pointed it at his cousin and accidentally shot him…

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