WICHITA (AP) – Wichita police say a 26-year-old man has been arrested after a 5-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the head with a pellet gun.

Wichita police Lt. Doug Nolte says the man’s 4-year-old son picked up the pellet gun and pulled the trigger on Sunday. A pellet penetrated the 5-year-old’s skull.

The Wichita Eagle reports the victim was taken off a ventilator Monday because he is showing signs of being able to breathe on his own.

Nolte says the father of the shooter left the pump-action pellet gun a on a table after returning home from hunting.

The father was arrested on suspicion of offenses that include aggravated child endangerment and obstructing arrest.