March 8, 2016
Florida mom shot in back by 4-y-o son
PALATKA, Florida (AP) — A north Florida woman told deputies her 4-year-old son shot her in the back while he was sitting in the back seat of her pickup truck.
Putnam County Sheriff’s spokesman Joseph Wells says the deputy saw 31-year-old Jamie Gilt of Jacksonville behaving frantically inside the truck Tuesday afternoon and quickly realized she’d been shot.
The Florida Times-Union reports the woman said her son accidentally shot her. The boy was not harmed.
Deputies say a 45-caliber handgun was on the truck’s floor.
The truck, which was hauling a horse trailer, was partially parked in the road when the deputy stopped.
Authorities are investigating.