Police: Dad says he accidentally shot 3-year-old daughter

ATLANTA - Atlanta Police say a 3-year-old girl is recovering after she was shot in the neck by her father.

"He was handling the gun and it accidentally discharged," Captain F. Turner said.

The shooting happened early Friday morning at an apartment off Cleveland Avenue.

Medics rushed the child to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston for treatment.

"Fortunately she is stable, alert, conscious and breathing," Turner said. "Her father was also injured in the shooting with a gunshot wound to the right hand."

According to police, the father, identified as 28-year-old Sahir Duvall, accidentally shot himself in the hand and part of the bullet struck his daughter. 

Duvall was arrested and charged with reckless conduct.