{"id":210,"date":"2026-05-13T14:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=210"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:05:03","slug":"mdso-mother-arrested-after-son-6-shoots-himself-with-her-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"MDSO: Mother arrested after son, 6, shoots himself with her gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 A 33-year-old woman from southwest Miami-Dade was arrested Tuesday after her 6-year-old son accidentally shot himself with her gun, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=208\">King Charles III lays out UK government agenda as Starmer\u2019s job hangs in the balance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n<p>According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, the shooting was reported at 3:53 p.m. in the area of Southwest 102nd Avenue and West Circle Plaza in the county\u2019s unincorporated West Perrine area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to investigators, the mother heard a loud popping sound from inside the residence and found her son suffering from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his upper extremity,\u201d MDSO officials said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said the boy\u2019s mother, Myeisha Sharie Smith, drove him to Jackson South Medical Center and he was then airlifted to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=206\">Israeli drone strikes hit highway south of Beirut, killing 8, including 2 children<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The boy is in stable condition, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>According to an arrest report obtained Wednesday by Local 10, Smith admitted to detectives that she left her gun unattended in her bedroom with her son, who then grabbed the gun and shot himself in the shoulder, just above the clavicle.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was arrested on a charge of child neglect causing great bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday morning, she was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. 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