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2 Injured In Accidental Shooting At Hotel

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Two people were injured in an accidental shooting at a hotel in Franklin.

The incident happened before 4 p.m. Saturday at the Hyatt Place hotel in the 600 block of Bakers Bridge Avenue.

Police said a man and a woman were shot inside one of the rooms at the hotel, and it appeared to be a single shot that hit both of them.

A preliminary investigation showed the man was mishandling a pistol when he accidentally discharged it.

Reports stated the two who were injured were the only two involved in the incident. 

The two were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with what was believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

Their identities had not been released, but authorities had confirmed the man was from Smyrna and the woman was from Shelbyville.

Further details were not immediately available as the investigation remained ongoing. Officials were deterimining if the man would face criminal charges.