TUNBRIDGE — It’s been almost a year since an 87-year-old woman was shot and killed by a stray bullet as she tended to her flowers on the deck of her Tunbridge home.

And Vermont State Police say they still don’t know who fired the gun on June 30, 2018, that led to the death of Edith Whitney, a mother of eight who lived at 240 Spring Road with her late husband Ralph for more than half a century.

There are no suspects and the case remains open, said Capt. Scott Dunlap, the Major Crime Unit commander.

The shooting appears to be “accidental,” he said last week.

“There is nothing to say she was a target,” Dunlap said. “We hope for some information from the public that can help us solve (the case).”

Police believe the gun was fired “within the vicinity” of Whitney’s home, and more specifically, from a neighboring property, Dunlap said.

Authorities have ruled out the bullet coming from Tunbridge Firearms, a Spring Road property just north of the Whitney home whose owner sells guns, bow-hunting equipment and ammunition from a shop at his home, according to Dunlap.

Whitney succumbed to her injuries, which included a gunshot wound to the upper torso, two days after the shooting on July 2, 2018, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

People who were shooting firearms nearby were identified and interviewed after the incident, police said previously.

A firearm, ammunition and spent ammunition cases were recovered, according to a news release at the time.

But Dunlap last week declined to release the bullet caliber to protect the ongoing investigation.

Orange County State’s Attorney Will Porter said he hasn’t received a case file from State Police. There wasn’t much he could add, he said on Monday.

Whitney’s son-in-law, Simon Leong, spoke with the Valley News shortly after the incident and said several family members live near Whitney and called 911 or rushed to her aid. She was airlifted to DHMC, where she underwent emergency surgery.

A family member at a nearby property declined to comment on Monday. Attempts to reach other family members in Vermont this week were unsuccessful.

Whitney, who moved to Sharon in 1939 and attended South Royalton High School, was an active member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Royalton for more than 75 years, her obituary said.

Whitney had many hobbies, including gardening, knitting, embroidery, basket marking and playing games.

Leong said previously that Whitney normally would have been inside watching television shows but had been outside tending to her flowers because the power was out. That’s when she was struck, about 8:30 p.m. on a Saturday night.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Vermont State Police at 802-234-9933.

Jordan Cuddemi can be reached at jcuddemi@vnews.com or 603-727-3248.