Police in Nashville, Tennessee , say they are investigating an incident involving a woman who claimed she accidentally shot and killed her 13-year-old daughter on Saturday while reaching into her purse.
Dearria Radley was pronounced dead at Monroe Carell Jr. Childrens Hospital after police responded to the familys home to a report of a pistol discharged, a police press release read.
According to the release, Dearrias mother told detectives that she was trying to find her keys inside her purse when her unholstered .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol discharged and shot her daughter once.