Natalie Neysa Alund, and Adam Tamburin

The Tennessean

A 2-year-old child accidentally shot a 12-year-old Sunday morning in Donelson, according to Metro police, triggering an ongoing investigation but no charges as of Sunday evening.

The toddler found the pistol in the door pocket of his aunt's vehicle when she arrived to visit her sister at a one-story house on the 200 block of Blue Hills Drive, according to police accounts. The toddler fired the gun, inadvertently hitting his 12-year-old relative in the upper leg, police said.

The 12-year-old was treated at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Police said he was set to be released from the hospital Sunday night.

Officers responded to the scene of the shooting at 9:29 a.m. Sunday and blocked off an area outside of the Blue Hills Drive home with crime scene tape. By the afternoon, though, police had left and life in the quiet residential neighborhood off Lebanon Pike had returned to normal. A woman who answered the door at the home said everyone was fine, but declined to elaborate.

Police said in a statement that no charges had been filed in the case. The ongoing investigation is being conducted by the department's Youth Services Division.

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