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

In line with the arrest affidavit filed by law enforcement officials in Wichita, Kansas, the taking pictures occurred round 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 9 on the condominium 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 important situation, however died to days later because 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,” once they went to handcuff her, crying out, “I shot my child!”

In line with responding officers, Tesha instructed them “she kissed her child” and requested them to “simply kill her,” in accordance with Fox19. They detailed discovering blood on her palms, 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 high school. She reportedly instructed police her son was a “unhealthy child,” into medication, and would typically not go to high school.

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

Finally, Tesha agreed that Robert might keep dwelling, per the authorized paperwork, and even known as the college to report him absent. She detailed to police, per the affidafit, that he stored nagging her after which instructed 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 permit it. She mentioned he wished her to name his brother so he might get him to ask their father for cash. Tesha instructed police she allowed that decision.

Robert continued to antagonize his mom, although, per Tesha’s assertion to police, even going as far as to drag 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 line with the affidavit, Robert made no threats nor did he level the gun at her. She mentioned she grabbed it from his palms and pointed it at him, per the affidavit, telling her son, “Do you simply need to die?”

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

Tesha instructed police she’d had the gun for about seven years and knew how one can function it. As reported within the affidavit, she mentioned 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 meant to shoot her son, per the filings, however admitted she may need meant 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 taking pictures led police to uncover a separate alleged incident with Tesha and the handgun. In line with their findings, she had allegedly pointed a handgun at her ex-husband and his girlfriend whereas at his dwelling in March. She’s going through 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 court docket 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 acknowledged objective of $30,000.