MOM CHARGED FOR SHOOTING HER CHILD

 

A Virginia woman has been charged with first-degree murder after the fatal shooting of her 6-year-old daughter, reports CBS affiliate WDBJ.

On Saturday night, it was reported that Darla Hise had called Bath County dispatchers multiple times but refused to give her name or an address. Bath County Sheriff Robert Plecker told the station the woman would only say something along the lines of, “I think my daughter has been shot.”

Deputies responded to the area from where the call was placed and eventually encountered Hise, 27, and learned she was the caller. She led deputies to her home, where they found her daughter Abigail shot dead, the station reports. 

Her 3-year-old son was at home, unharmed. The boy was placed in the care of family members. Investigators found a gun at the scene.

Investigators took a statement from Hise and charged her with murder, though she has no criminal history the station reports. 

Plecker said investigators are still trying to determine what led to the shooting.

“It’s a devastating event to this community,” Plecker said.

An online obituary said the girl was known to family and friends as Abby.

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