‘I just want to hold my baby’: Mom fatally shoots teen daughter while rummaging in purse for keys

DeAnn Radley speaks about the death of her 13-year-old daughter, Dearria, who was killed when a gun went off in Radley

DeAnn Radley speaks about the death of her 13-year-old daughter, Dearria, who was killed when a gun went off in Radley’s purse as she was looking for her keys. (Main image: WKRN. Inset: Facebook.)

A Tennessee mother is mourning the death of her daughter — who died when a gun in the woman’s purse fired as she searched for her keys.

Police in Nashville say that DeAnn Radley reported the fatal shooting of her daughter, 13-year-old Dearria Radley, as an accident.

“Midtown Hills Precinct officers responded to the 9:58 p.m. 911 call and rendered immediate aid to Dearria prior to her being transported by ambulance to Vanderbilt’s Pediatric Emergency Room where she died of a single gunshot,” the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a press release Monday. “In an interview at police headquarters, Dearria’s mother told detectives that her unholstered .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol was in her purse with other items. She said it went off as she was attempting to retrieve her keys from the purse.”

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