NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- A woman has died after a shooting was reported close to Fisk University in Nashville Sunday morning, according to authorities.
Metro Nashville dispatch said the incident was called in shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 5 from the 900 block of 16th Avenue North.
At 5:15 p.m., the Metro Nashville Police Department announced on social media a 25-year-old woman was shot inside an apartment on the block. She reportedly died at the hospital.
Officials said the fatal shooting is currently being investigated as accidental, adding that detectives are working to corroborate that a 3-year-old was handling a gun the visiting victim brought into the apartment when it went off.
No additional details have been released about this incident.
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