Nashville police investigating whether a 3-year-old shot his mother's boyfriend

Michael W. Aldrich | Nashville Tennessean

Metro Nashville Police are investigating whether a 3-year-old boy pulled the trigger of a pistol that critically wounded his mother's boyfriend at a Hamilton Church Road town home on Wednesday.

According to police, the shooting occurred at 12:30 p.m. at Hamilton Crossing town homes.

Police said Deangelo Spears, 20, received a bullet wound to his lower back and was found inside his residence by responding officers.

Spears said the shooting took place outside, police reported.

According to police, Spears' girlfriend, 24, said she had just gotten home from work and was in the bathroom doing her hair when she heard a loud pop. She then saw Spears wounded and her 3-year-old son with a pistol in his hand.

The boy's mother said she took the pistol from the child and placed it in the closet while waiting for an ambulance, according to police.

The pistol was recovered by police.

This a developing story.