Tampa, FL — A 52-year-old woman is dead following an accidental shooting in the Town 'N Country area early Friday morning.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Carolyn Wright was at her home in the 8200 block of Pinehurst Circle when the shooting occurred. Deputies say Wright was with her daughter, two sons and her daughter's four children when the incident happened just after midnight. Deputies say one of the woman's teenage grandchildren brought a gun home that was discovered by their mother, Wright's daughter. The teen's mother began unloading the weapon and thought it was empty, an email from the sheriff's office said.

There was a bullet, however, left in the chamber, the email said. The daughter accidentally fired the weapon, striking her mother in the upper body, deputies said. Wright died at the scene.

"One of the teenagers panicked, picked up the gun and ran down the street where they threw the gun into a storm drain," the agency noted. The gun has since been recovered. The investigation remains active. Deputies are also trying to determine where the gun came from.

The children in the home at the time of the shooting are ages 8, 13, 15 and 17. Deputies have not said how old the teen was that brought the gun home.

No further information is available at this time.