Tennessee mom sobs 'my baby is gone' after accidentally shooting daughter dead by pulling gun trigger while looking through her handbag

• DeAnn Radley accidentally fired her unholstered .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol while rummaging for her keys in her purse 
• The bullet went through the bag and hit her her 13-year-old daughter Dearria Radley in their Nashville apartment 
• The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said the investigation is ongoing but that no charges have yet been filed 

A Tennessee mother has spoken of her heartbreak after accidentally shooting her daughter dead when rummaging in her purse with her gun in it.

DeAnn Radley accidentally fired her gun through her purse, hitting her 13-year-old daughter Dearria Radley while searching for her keys on Saturday evening, police said.

Radley accidentally squeezed the trigger of her unholstered, .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol at approximately 10pm, according to reports.

Moments later, the shocked mother called 911 after seeing Dearria’s blood and realizing her devastating actions.

The tragedy occurred at the family’s Edgehill Avenue apartment in Nashville, Tennessee.

DeAnn Radley (pictured) accidentally fired her unholstered, .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol while rummaging for her keys in her purse

Her 13-year-old daughter Dearria Radley (pictured) was shot in the family’s Nashville apartment

‘My world is just falling apart, I loved that little girl so much. It’s a nightmare, its words can never describe the pain that I feel,’ the heartbroken mom said

‘I didn’t know my gun was loaded in my purse and shot through my bag,’ DeAnn told local news outlet WSMV 4.

‘Then I saw the blood and oh God…’ she recalled.

‘My world is just falling apart, I loved that little girl so much. It’s a nightmare, its words can never describe the pain that I feel’ the heartbroken mom said.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said the investigation is ongoing but that no charges have yet been filed.

‘I want her to be remembered by that angel voice in those beautiful eyes,’ Radley said.

‘She’s such a beautiful girl. This is something I’m not ready for,’ she added.

Radley is now fundraising to cover the costs of Dearria’s funeral.

‘My 13 year old was accidentally shot and killed, I don’t have insurance to bury her,’ Radley wrote on her GoFundMe page.

Radley is now fundraising to cover the costs of Dearria’s funeral

By Wednesday night the fundraiser had raised just short of $8,000.

‘Thirteen years. We’ve been through everything together and my baby is gone. I can’t do it. I can’t do it, man. My baby, my baby,’ Radley sobbed on a video posted to her Facebook account.

‘I wouldn’t wish this on nobody, my baby is gone,’ she said through tears.

Dearria’s grandmother, Irish Radley, told local news WKRN she is also struggling to accept the tragedy.

‘I’m just hoping she comes through the door and all of this is just a dream or she will call me, ”Granny, what you doing?”’ she said.

Adding: ‘I’ll never get those phone calls again. I’ll never get those texts, ‘Granny, can I come down there?’ It’s the small things I’m going to miss.’

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