A tragic incident unfolded Sunday morning when a 25-year-old woman was fatally shot, possibly by the hand of her own 3-year-old child. Metro Nashville Police are investigating the event, which they believe to be accidental. The young woman was visiting an apartment near Fisk University, in the 900 block of 16th Avenue North, when the shooting occurred just before 11 a.m.

According to WSMV, the firearm involved may have been brought into the residence by the victim herself. The police were alerted to an "accidental shooting," which resulted in the woman being rapidly transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. In a heart-wrenching scenario, police said detectives are trying to corroborate that a 3-year-old was handling the gun when it discharged.

Additional details regarding the shooting were sparse as investigators pieced together the circumstances that led to the woman's death. The identity of the victim had not been released at the time of reporting. NewsChannel 5 noted that detectives are working diligently to deduce what precisely transpired inside the apartment.

As the investigation continues, the Metro Nashville Police Department has yet to divulge more information about the incident. However, they have indicated that the shooting is being treated as an accidental occurrence. This was echoed by a social media announcement cited by WKRN, which also mentioned the ongoing efforts to verify that the child was indeed the one who fired the weapon.