A woman was fatally shot early Thursday and a man was hospitalized in what authorities described as a domestic violence incident in Worcester, police said.

The shooting happened around 2:05 a.m. at a residence on Gingerbread Trail, police said.

“There was a female gunshot victim who was pronounced deceased,” police said in a statement. “A man was also taken to hospital with a gunshot wound. As this is a domestic incident, we can only release limited information. There is no danger to the public.”