Woman Shoots Teen, Self In Arlington: Police

ARLINGTON, TX — Police in Arlington are investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting that left a 13-year-old boy injured and a woman dead by a self-inflicted gunshot. Investigators believe the shooting began as a domestic dispute.

According to a statement from police, officers arrived at the scene of the shooting around 3:06 p.m. in the 600 block of W. Inwood Drive. Responders found the boy with a gunshot wound to his neck.

Police also found a woman in the back yard of the house with a gun. When police tried talking with her, she turned the gun on herself and shot a round into her chest, police said.

The woman was taken to a nearby hospital but died of her injuries. The boy was also taken to a hospital with non-lethal injuries.

The exact cause of the shooting is not known, police say, but it's believed it began as a fight between two women. Police are treating the ongoing investigation as a domestic incident.

Further details were not available at time of writing. The deceased woman was not identified.

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