BATON ROUGE — A 5-year-old found his babysitter's gun and shot himself in the hand, according to Baton Rouge Police. 

Arrest documents say Haidyn Moten, 21, left his gun out on a bed while babysitting the child on Monday. The 5-year-old went into the bedroom, found the gun and shot himself in the left hand, police said. 

The boy was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Moten was arrested for cruelty to juveniles. He was also arrested on an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court for an illegal carrying of a weapon charge, police said.