A 4-year-old boy was airlifted to a Birmingham hospital Friday after he is believed to have accidentally shot himself.

Blount County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched Friday morning to UAB St. Vincent’s Blount where they learned the child was critically injured with gunshot wounds to the leg and arm.

He had been driven there by private vehicle.

The boy was airlifted to Children’s of Alabama.

The shooting happened at the family’s home on Holliday Drive in the Sugarland Lake community.

A search turned up drugs and multiple unsecured guns inside the home, as well as a crocodile and about 30 snakes, including a python. Six of the snakes were dead.

Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey said the Department of Human Resources were called to the scene and removed other children from the home.

Fish and game officers also responded because of the crocodile and snakes.

Casey said charges are expected.

“I am working with law enforcement to determine exactly how the child was able to come into possession of the firearm and to determine why emergency medical was not called to the home,” Casey said.

“Parents must ensure guns are properly stored in the home out of the reach of small children.”