She Heard a Bang While Parking — Then Realized Her Son Had Shot Himself with Her Gun. Now She's Charged By Lesley Cosme Torres

A Miami mom is facing criminal charges after her 2-year-old son allegedly grabbed her gun from her purse and then shot himself in the leg. 

On Wednesday, Christina Doyle, 33, was backing into a parking spot at an apartment complex, with her son and another relative in the backseat, when she heard a loud bang. Doyle turned around to see her son had snatched her gun from her purse and shot himself in the right leg, the Miami Herald reported, citing an arrest report.

The 2-year-old was taken to a nearby hospital for his injuries, the outlet reported. Miami Gardens police arrested Doyle after she went to the police station and charged her with child neglect with great bodily harm and culpable negligence.

The child’s great-grandmother, Paula Campbell-Stone, told CBS News that the shooting was an accident — and she is grateful the boy wasn’t seriously injured. 

“My feeling is that she has always been a good mother. She has always been good to her children,” Campbell-Stone told the outlet. “I was very upset and sad about it. I thank God that it was only his leg and he is on the mend at this time.”

Campbell-Stone added that Doyle could’ve been more mindful of the firearm in her purse, but that she probably didn’t think her son in the backseat could fire a gun at such a young age. 

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“It was definitely an accident. There was nothing intentional about it. I am sure she did not plan for any of this to happen. I do believe the charges may be a little too extreme,” Campbell-Stone told CBS. 

A judge set Doyle’s bond to $5,000 and ruled that she can only have supervised visits with her son and three other children while the Florida Department of Children and Families investigate the case. 

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