Cops: Man who was cleaning gun fatally shot infant

ROME, N.Y. -- A man has been charged with criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of a 7-month-old baby in upstate New York on Saturday, CBS affiliate WBNG reports.

According to Rome police, Henry W. Bartle, 18, has been arrested for the fatal shooting. Police said Bartle and his girlfriend -- the mother of the child -- live in at the home where the baby was found.

Bartle was allegedly in the living room cleaning his 12-gauge shotgun on his lap and the muzzle pointed in the direction of the child before it went off. He loaded the weapon, installed an accessory grip and went to stand up. That is when the gun allegedly went off and a bullet hit the infant, who was found dead at the scene, according to police.

Another man was also in the home at the time.

"We are comfortable and confident and clear in stating that there is no indication that this was intentional at all," Rome Police Capt. Tim Bates told CNY Central Sunday.

The child has not been identified by police, pending notification of family and extended family.

Bartle is being held at the Oneida County Correctional Facility.