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5 y.o. dies after accidentally shooting herself

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Detroit police say a child has died after she accidentally shot herself with her grandma's gun. 

Family at the scene says 5-year-old Mariah Davis shot herself late Tuesday night. 
 
We're told the girl was upstairs playing at the time of the incident, while her grandmother was downstairs cooking. Police say she found the gun underneath a pillow and accidentally shot herself. 
 
Detroit police were called to the 19700 block of Oakfield around midnight Wednesday. That's on the city's west side, between Pembroke & St. Martins just east of the Southfield Freeway.
 
Two other children were home at the time of the incident, but they were not hurt.
 
So far, no arrests have been made, but Detroit police do continue to investigate.