A 6-year-old boy has died after being struck in the head by a bullet that came through the wall of his family 's Houston-area apartment from an adjacent unit . The child was pronounced dead Thursday night after being taken by helicopter to an area hospital . Harris County sheriff 's deputies say five people from a neighboring apartment were detained for questioning in the shooting . Scroll down for video . Deadly accident : A 6-year-old boy was mortally wounded in the head when someone fired a gun through a wall from an adjacent apartment in Harris County , Texas . In tears : The victim 's emotional uncle is seen being comforted by the slain boy 's 3-year-old brother . After the bullet hit the boy in the upper head , his mother discovered him and called authorities . According to Harris County Sheriff 's Office , the boy was inside an apartment at 6301 Sierra Blanca in Harris County just before 8pm when a gun was fired in a next-door unit . Deputies said the bullet pierced the wall connecting the two apartments and struck the boy in the head . 'He was laying in the bed and the bullet hit him right on the head , ' a family friend , Joel Saldanas , told Click2Houston . 'When the mom came in the room she found him there bleeding . Blood all over , he was just laying there unconscious already . ' In custody : Five people , among them three minors , from a neighboring apartment were detained for questioning in the shooting . Harris County Sheriff 's Deputy Gilliland is pictured talking to reporters about the shooting . Responding officers detained for questioning five suspects , among them three minors and two adult males , reported Houston Chronicle . So far , no charges have been filed in the shooting . The mortally wounded 6-year-old was airlifted by LifeFlight to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center , where he was pronounced dead at 8.20pm . The victim 's 3-year-old brother was in the bedroom at the time of the shooting but escaped unharmed .
Boy was arrested in front of his year - old brother in Harris County , Illinois . Five people , among them three minors , were brought in for questioning .