An 8-year-old boy has died after a gun was accidentally discharged inside a Garfield Park home early Tuesday morning.

About 4:25 a.m., the boy was inside a home with another boy in the 3100 block of West Flournoy Street when they found the gun, according to Chicago police.

The weapon was discharged once and the 8-year-old, Jacari Brown, was struck in the chest, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

There were no other injuries reported and a weapon was recovered from the scene.

Area 4 detectives are investigating.