BATON ROUGE — A man was arrested after his 2-year-old son fatally shot himself in the torso with a gun, Baton Rouge Police said Monday.

Devonte Chambers, 29, was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for negligent homicide.

Chambers' son, who shares his name, was pronounced dead after being brought to a hospital following the shooting at 2 p.m. on Sunday.