Update: children in home when woman was shot to death in Boyle County

DANVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) – A woman was shot to death Tuesday night at a home on Shakertown Road in Boyle County, according to the coroner.

Investigators say the accused shooter was taken into custody. They also say there were children in the home at the time of the shooting; they were not harmed. Nobody has been charged.

Investigators say a man called 9-1-1, saying he had shot his wife.

Boyle County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene on Shakertown Road, about three miles north of Danville, and found a woman shot to death.

No names were immediately released.

The coroner says the victim’s body is scheduled for an autopsy at the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort.