Murfreesboro police investigating homicide of infant, injury of mother

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - (January 26, 2025) Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Violent Crime Unit detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a one-year-old baby and the injury of the mother. The shooter took his own life in Williamson County, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Officers responded to reports of shots fired at the Chelsea Place Apartments on Bradyville Pike at 2:34 p.m. Sunday. The baby was found shot multiple times and was pronounced dead by personnel with Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services. The mother was taken to the hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound to the hand.

The shooter was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in Williamson County. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating.

MPD investigators said this was an isolated incident where all parties involved in the deadly shooting in Murfreesboro knew each other.

The shooting remains under investigation.

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