A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition Tuesday after he was accidentally shot in the head while visiting a home in the Lutherville- Timonium area, according to a Baltimore County Police spokesman.

The incident, reported at 11:40 p.m. Saturday in a house on Belden Court off Rutledge Road, involved a 12-year-old girl, who lives in the house, and her 14-year-old cousin, said the spokesman, Cpl. Mike Hill.

"Two juveniles got a hold of a handgun, and it discharged," Hill said.

No adults were home at the time, Hill said.

Detectives from the Cockeysville precinct are still trying to determine if the weapon is legally registered to the owner, 41-year-old David Schultz.

Schultz, who is the father of the 12-year-old, has been charged with having firearms accessible to minors and obstructing justice, Hill said. He was being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $75,000 bail, with a bail review scheduled for today.

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