A Utah toddler was shot in the head by a stray bullet at his daycare this week in what cops say was “tragic accident.”

The 2-year-old boy was in a fenced playground at Leap Ahead Daycare in Spanish Fork when an employee noticed him stumbling and bleeding from the face on Monday afternoon, USA Today reported.

The boy’s parents were called and took the child to the hospital, where a scan revealed that the youngest actually had a small caliber bullet lodged in his head, the Spanish Fork Police Department explained in a press release on Tuesday.  

At the time, police classified the incident as a “tragic accident.”

On Wednesday, the SFPD announced that investigators identified a man who was shooting birds with a .22 caliber air rifle just west of the daycare when the bizarre injury occurred.

The man is cooperating, the department confirmed, and his name will not be released unless formal charges are filed.

As of Wednesday, the boy remains in stable condition at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Doctors decided against removing the bullet due to concerns that surgery would cause further damage, KSL-TV reported.

“I still feel like I’m in shock,” Lane Mugleston, who owns Leap Ahead Daycare with his wife, told the outlet.

“We are absolutely surprised. We are dumbfounded that this would happen in Spanish Fork.”

Located about 52 miles outside Salt Lake City, Spanish Fork is a quiet suburb with a population of 44,000.

Mugleston said that no one at the facility heard the shot that struck the boy, though he pointed out the suspected bullet hole in the vinyl fence around the playground.

He noted that it can be hard to hear things around Leap Ahead because of its proximity to an airport and an industrial plant.

“The doctors are monitoring him, and they said that his vitals are good and expect a full recovery,” Mugleston added.

“So they think that that’s a blessing.”