A 30-year-old woman faces a criminal charge after a 3-year-old boy shot himself in the head with a gun Friday the Martin Luther King Apartments on East Lafayette Street.

A 3-year-old boy is in stable condition after he was shot Friday night at the Martin Luther King Apartments on East Lafayette Street near Orleans Street, police said Saturday.

Unfortunately, Chief James White has had to use a phrase too often in recent weeks. In this case, it refers to a 3-year-old boy shot at the Martin Luther King Apartments on East Lafayette Friday, Jan. 14.