09/12/2024
Grandmother sentenced after shooting her 5 month old granddaughter in the face
βοΈ An Ohio grandmother, who admitted to shooting her 5-month-old granddaughter in the face, was sentenced Tuesday 29th October, to 9-12 years in prison. Mia Harris pleaded guilty to felonious assault charges in early October. Police were called to a townhouse in Liberty Township for a report of βan infant being shotβ around 1:50 a.m. on 9th December 2023, according to a Butler County Sheriff press release. At the scene, officers found the infant suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. She was taken to UC West Chester Hospital where she was listed in critical condition. After the shooting, authorities said, Harris fled the area and was later arrested without incident, according to the release. βMia Harris, the grandmother of the child, was identified by witnesses as the shooter,β the release said. βDuring the incident Harris shot at several family members before intentionally shooting the child.βΒ Β
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βοΈ According to a criminal complaint obtained, Harris broke down βa locked bedroom door, after firing a handgun through the bedroom door multiple times.β Harris βthen shot her granddaughter in the head at close range while laying on the bed,β according to the report. Destiny said her daughter, who spent 65 days in the hospital, will have seizures and special needs for the rest of her life. βWhat you did will never go away,β Destiny Buffington, the childβs mother and Harrisβ daughter-in-law, said during sentencing. βShe will never have a grandma again. You took that from her. You took me having a mother-in-law. You took everything away from me...I had to plead for my life, and then you shot my daughter in front of me. That will never go away, and I stand here today 10 times stronger than the woman I was a year ago.β