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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police are investigating after a woman died from a shooting in the Wilder Park neighborhood Thursday evening.

According to LMPD officer Beth Ruoff, Fourth Division officers responded on a report of a person down in the 100 block of Harlan Avenue around 4:30 p.m. it's near the parking lot of Cardinal Stadium, separated by railroad tracks.

Once on scene, officers located "an adult female suffering from a gunshot wound."

The coroner identified the woman as 29-year-old Aeriell Barton.

Ruoff said Barton was transported to University Hospital in critical condition and then died from her wounds.

LMPD's Homicide Unit is investigating. 

This story may be updated.

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