Woman dies after shooting causes crash, vehicle fire in Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Police Department Murfreesboro police are investigating a shooting that police say caused a woman's vehicle to crash and burst into flames, killing her. and last updated 2021-06-01 16:07:11-04 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) â Detectives are searching for the person who shot at a woman's vehicle late Monday night, causing the vehicle to crash and burst into flames. The woman was later pronounced dead. The shooting caused the woman to crash into a backyard of a home on Leaf Avenue around 11 p.m. Murfreesboro police said responding officers attempted to put out the fire using extinguishers, but the blaze spread too quickly. They were unable to get the woman out of the vehicle.