NAPLES – A Naples boy suffered life-threatening injuries Thursday when he was shot in the head by a pellet gun.

The 9-year-old victim, Gavin Gilmore, was transported to Bridgton Hospital then transferred to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he is undergoing treatment.

Deputies from Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office were called to 409 Lambs Mills Road in Naples just before 5:30 p.m. Deputies found the victim with a pellet wound to the head. The pellet entered the victim’s head and lodged in the front of his brain.

Police say the victim was shot with a .177-caliber pellet gun by Daniel McGill, 26, who is apparently the boy’s uncle. During the investigation, McGill, who police say was intoxicated, confronted Sgt. Josh Potvin and a fight ensued in which Potvin’s hand was cut and McGill sustained minor injuries to his face.

Deputies arrested McGill and charged him with aggravated assault, a class A crime; reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, class C; and assault on a police officer, a class D crime.

Daniel McGill