Deputies: Florida Mom Shot In Back By 4-Year-Old Son

Jamie Gilt shot by son
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PALATKA, Fla. (AP) — A north Florida woman told deputies her 4-year-old son shot her in the back while he was sitting in the back seat of her pickup truck.

A Putnam County Sheriff’s Office news release says a deputy saw 31-year-old Jamie Gilt of Jacksonville behaving frantically inside the truck Tuesday afternoon and quickly realized she’d been shot.

The release says the woman told deputies her son accidentally shot her. He wasn’t harmed and was reunited with family members. The Department of Children and Families will investigate.

Deputies say a .45-caliber handgun was on the truck’s floor.

Gilt was taken to a Gainesville hospital, where she was in stable condition later Tuesday.

The truck, which was hauling a horse trailer, was partially parked in the road when the deputy stopped.

Authorities are investigating.

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  1. Another responsible gun owner shot by an irresponsible toddler.

  2. Avatar for enon enon says:

    a gun on the friggin floor of the vehicle… the height of gun lover responsibility… and a toddler being a toddler…
    what a dumb ass.

  3. Avatar for quax quax says:

    Looks like she won’t make it to the Darwin award, since she already procreated.

  4. She’s a gun licker who posts things like “My right to protect my child with my gun trumps your fear of my gun.” and pictures of herself holding her son and a gun. Sometimes karma is a real bitch.

  5. It’s Palatka folks…go there and you’ll understand this completely.

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