โI feel so much remorseโ: Mother guilty in shooting death of daughter sentenced to 4 years in state prison
A mother who was convicted in August of neglect by culpable negligence in the 2021 shooting death of her daughter was sentenced Friday to 51.15 months (4.25 years) in a Florida state prison, followed by 24 months of probation.
Mom charged in Jacksonville teenโs shooting โsurprisedโ gun went off
She said the gun discharged as her daughter gave the weapon back. Guthrie said her daughter followed her into her room and grabbed the handgun from atop the TV set. She told police her daughter began playing with the weapon before she handed it over voluntarily. โGuthrie took the handgun and put her finger on the trigger and pulled it,โ the arrest report said. โShe stated she was surprised when the gun went off.โStruck in the head, the teen collapsed to the floor.