Kansas Mother Admits Pointing Gun at ‘Unhealthy Child’ Teen Son, Did not Imply to Shoot and Kill Him: Police

In accordance with the arrest affidavit filed by law enforcement officials in Wichita, Kansas, the capturing occurred round 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 9 on the condo of Tesha Florence (Jenkins), 46, and her 16-year-old son Robert Florence.

It was Tesha who positioned the 9-1-1 name, telling police that she’d shot her son within the brow. When police arrived, they reported discovering Robert mendacity face down in the lounge with a single gunshot wound to the top.

He was alive when authorities arrived and transported to Wesley Medical Heart in crucial situation, however died to days later on account of his accidents.

Tesha was detailed by police as “emotionally distraught” upon their arrival, with the affidavit stating she “fell to the bottom and rolled round in misery,” after they went to handcuff her, crying out, “I shot my child!”

In accordance with responding officers, Tesha advised them “she kissed her child” and requested them to “simply kill her,” in accordance with Fox19. They detailed discovering blood on her fingers, the waist space of her shirt, and her face.

The arrest affidavit launched this week and seen by ABC affiliate KAKE detailed that tragic morning that noticed Tesha arguing with Robert as a result of he did not need to go to highschool. She reportedly advised police her son was a “unhealthy child,” into medicine, and would usually not go to highschool.

She stated that she was “irritated” that morning as a result of Robert didn’t need to go to highschool. His 18-year-old brother was additionally pissed off, per police, as a result of they had been going to be late over Robert’s delayes.

In the end, Tesha agreed that Robert might keep house, per the authorized paperwork, and even referred to as the varsity to report him absent. She detailed to police, per the affidafit, that he stored nagging her after which advised her he was going to go to their downstairs neighbors to get some “weed.”

Tesha claimed her begged to borrow her telephone, however she would not enable it. She stated he needed her to name his brother so he might get him to ask their father for cash. Tesha advised police she allowed that decision.

Robert continued to antagonize his mom, although, per Tesha’s assertion to police, even going as far as to tug down the curtains and tear up paper, throwing the bits on the ground.

Tesha admitted to police she grew pissed off as her son was “pushing her buttons.” Issues took a dramatic flip, in accordance with the suspect, when Robert purportedly reached for her black backpack, the place she stored her 9mm handgun, and pulled it out.

In accordance with the affidavit, Robert made no threats nor did he level the gun at her. She stated she grabbed it from his fingers and pointed it at him, per the affidavit, telling her son, “Do you simply need to die?”

It was at this level Tesha stated the gun “went off” and Robert fell ahead, per the paperwork. She advised police she thought the gun was empty, alternately saying she had eliminated the rounds weeks in the past earlier than conceding she might have put a pair again in two weeks in the past as a result of she needed to stroll house from work.

Tesha advised police she’d had the gun for about seven years and knew how you can function it. As reported within the affidavit, she stated that when she took the gun from Robert, she “racked the slide again,” which might have dropped a spherical into the chamber from the journal.

She denied to police that she ever supposed to shoot her son, per the filings, however admitted she might need supposed to discharge the gun to scare him. Police discovered a dwell spherical within the chamber of Tesha’s gun and two extra within the journal.

An investigation into this capturing led police to uncover a separate alleged incident with Tesha and the handgun. In accordance with their findings, she had allegedly pointed a handgun at her ex-husband and his girlfriend whereas at his house in March. She’s dealing with fees of aggravated housebreaking and aggravated assault in that case.

The suspect is at present being held within the Sedgwick County Jail on $1.2 million bond, together with her subsequent courtroom look set for Monday, October 28.

Robert’s older brother Kurtis Florence arrange a GoFundMe to assist cowl funeral bills. It has raised greater than $22,000 towards its said objective of $30,000.