WHATCOM COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – An 11-year-old child is hospitalized after being shot by a sibling in their south Whatcom County home.

The Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies responded to the home in Glenhaven at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday after a 13-year-old reported that they had shot their sibling.

Deputies secured a handgun and gave aid to the victim until medics arrived.

The child was taken to PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center and then transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Deputies were told the shooting was an accident.

The childrens’ identities and the condition of the victim haven’t been released.

They are both students in the Mount Baker School District, which is offering counseling and support on all of its campuses.