SACRAMENTO, California: A 10-year-old Northern California boy has been arrested on suspicion of shooting to death another child with his father's gun, authorities said.

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies answered a shooting report at around 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon in Foothill Farms, an unincorporated Sacramento suburb. In a parking lot, they found a 10-year-old boy bleeding from the head and neck. Despite lifesaving measures, he was later pronounced dead at a hospital, the Sheriff's Office said in a social media posting.