Prosecutor: After boy, 8, shot sister, mom went back to work

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UPDATE: Mom returned to work after checking daughter’s gunshot wound, prosecutor says

By Dylan Sams / Staff Writer
Posted Mar 5, 2018 at 3:02 PM Updated Mar 5, 2018 at 4:39 PM

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Ashland County Prosecutor Christopher Tunnell said that Edwards’ husband believed she was taking the two children to a babysitter after she and her husband both left for work. Instead, Tunnell said, she left the two children home alone.

The .22-caliber rifle was kept in a gun locker with other firearms in the home, Tunnell said. It was unclear whether it was locked. Even if it were locked, he said, the 8-year-old knew how to unlock the gun locker and “was familiar with the firearm.” “The ammunition was stored separate from the gun, and it appears the 8-year-old was able to load the magazine and chamber the first round,” Tunnell said.

Tunnell indicated Edwards was informed of the shooting of the 4-year-old by the 8-year-old around 10 a.m. while working at a nearby horse farm.

“She came home, cleaned up a bed cover with blood on it, examined the 4-year-old and was aware the 4-year-old was injured at the time,” Tunnell said. “And despite that knowledge, clocked back in at work at 11 a.m., again leaving the 8-year-old and the 4-year-old home alone, yet again.”

http://www.times-gazette.com/news/20180305/update-mom-returned-to-work-after-checking-daughters-gunshot-wound-prosecutor-says