HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A 4-year-old girl is dead after investigators say she found a gun in a closet and accidentally shot herself in northwest Harris County Thursday night.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office said Precinct 4 was called out at about 11 p.m. to a Champions-area apartment complex off FM 1960.

Deputies said when they got there, they discovered that a 4-year-old girl was by herself in a closet when she found a gun and shot herself.