AUGUSTA — Deputies are investigating after a woman was fatally shot by her 13-year-old son — a shooting the family says was accidental.

Woodruff County Sheriff Phil Reynolds told Little Rock television station KATV that the shooting happened about 5 p.m. Thursday in the Maberry community, about 55 miles northwest of Little Rock.

Reynolds said the boy's grandfather reported the shooting was accidental. He said the investigation is ongoing.

No identities have been released.