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A mother in Ohio, Briasha Stroud, faces a minimum 10-year prison sentence after shooting her 12-year-old son in the head — an act prosecutors call an attempted murder-suicide. The boy survived but is now wheelchair-bound and in agony, reportedly asking if he’s in hell. Stroud also shot herself but lived. Prosecutors claim she planned the attack, waiting over an hour outside her ex-boyfriend’s garage to make a statement. Her defense paints a different picture: Stroud, battling severe mental health issues and trauma from foster care, acted out of desperation and love, fearing her son would be alone. The judge called the boy’s condition devastating, while Stroud, now homeless and in crisis, says her son was her entire world and she hopes to reconnect with him someday. Her sentence could reach 15 years, and prosecutors reserve the right to pursue murder charges if her son dies.

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