REPUBLIC TOWNSHIP, MI-- Police are investigating an accidental shooting that claimed the life of a Republic Township woman.
Michigan State Police from the Negaunee Post were called Friday around 3:50 p.m. to the home of Athena Engle, 67, who reported she’d accidentally shot herself in her left leg with a .38 caliber handgun.
She was alone at the time of the incident.
Engle was taken to U.P. Health System Marquette for treatment, where she died the next day.
An autopsy is scheduled Monday morning.
Troopers say there was no sign of foul play.
