NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Shellie Hernandez went from being a domestic violence victim to a homicide victim. According to police, a man served with an order of protection to stay away from her shot Hernandez Tuesday while her three children were nearby.

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Court records show Michael Williams was ordered to remove all weapons from his possession 26 days ago.

The Channel 4 I-Team first exposed last month that there has never been a gun turned in to police, the courts or anywhere else in any case following an order of protection in Nashville.

Unlike other states, Tennessee has no procedure to turn over guns after women are issued orders of protection, and no one is checking to make sure men get rid of their guns.

Two weeks ago, when the Channel 4 I-Team first exposed this hole in the surrender policy, domestic violence expert Mark Wynn predicted that lack of procedure would have deadly consequences.

"The link between possession and access to weapons in domestic violence murder is well established," Wynn said.

In another development, the cases of more than 13,000 Tennesseans served with orders of protection are now being examined to see if they should be stripped of gun permits. Following the I-Team investigation, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation turned over these names to the state Department of Safety for analysis.

"They requested that we begin notifying them of all the orders of protection across the state," said Kristin Helm, TBI spokeswoman. "We are going to begin doing that on a monthly basis."

This comes after the I-Team discovered several men in Davidson County, served with orders of protection, were allowed to keep their hand gun carry permits.

The I-Team found the Department of Safety wasn't always being notified of orders of protection. Now, as a result of the I-Team's investigation, the TBI will send the Department of Safety monthly updates on orders of protection from across the state.

"Tennessee now ranks as one of the most dangerous states in the country for women, and it's because of firearms in the possession of domestic violence offenders," Wynn said.