(Ames, Iowa) – Officials with the Ames Police Department report a child has died after accident being shot Monday afternoon. According to a press release, at around 2:27-p.m., Monday (March 31st), a 911 caller reported a 4-year-old child was accidentally shot in an apartment in the 200 block of South Sherman Avenue. Officers and EMS providers located the child and provided medical care. The child was transported by air ambulance to MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines. The child later died at the hospital. An autopsy will be conducted by the State Medical Examiner’s Office.

The incident remains under investigation.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Ames Police Department at (515) 239-5133 or the anonymous tip line (515) 239-5533. You may also contact Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa at (515) 223-1400. Online anonymous tips may be submitted to www.crimestoppersofcentraliowa.com.