Woman pronounced dead at shooting scene wasn't really dead

NEW YORK -- Investigators at the scene of what was thought to be a fatal shooting in New York City made a startling discovery when they found the victim was still alive.

Emergency medical workers responding to a shooting in Queens on Thursday morning initially pronounced the 32-year-old woman dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

But police officers heard sounds from the woman and she was taken to Jamaica Hospital in critical condition about an hour later.

A spokesman for the hospital says the woman died later Thursday.

Police say the woman apparently shot herself. The incident is under investigation.