Woman mistakes daughter for boyfriend and kills her

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2013-11-27 20:47

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Winter Haven, Fla., mom is accused of shooting and killing her daughter while the girl held her 4-month-old daughter in her arms.

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Adele Bing, 52, told police she shot her daughter in a case of mistaken identity and that authorities should lock her up "for good" according to an arrest report.

Ruby Bing went to her mom's house on Monday night. Adele Bing told authorities her 26-year-old daughter was banging and kicking her door. Bing thought the person at the door was her boyfriend, whom she had just had a fight with. Bing armed herself with a .22 caliber gun, opened the door and shot her daughter in the chest, authorities said.'

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I think they ought to lock her up "for good" (the good of anyone else who may have the misfortune of knowing her), just as she says. But I bet they won't. Instead, they'll probably let her off with a *relative* slap on the wrist. After all, it wasn't her daughter she wanted to kill. It was "only" that nasty bf of hers with whom she'd just had a tiff of some kind. So it's not so bad.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2013-11-28 00:36

Banging and kicking on the door? That changes things significantly. This is not a "lock her up and throw away the key" crime.

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Submitted by MrWombat on Mon, 2013-12-02 07:20

While someone banging and kicking on a door is bad (and certainly scary for many), it doesn't warrant an immediate, blind lethal response. Call the police? Yes. Get your gun and wait to see if they gain entry? Yes, and if they appear to be an actual home invader, then shoot. But simply opening the door and shooting away w/out stopping to ID the person is reckless and/or negligent.

To me, there's no doubt they'd throw the book at a man who did the same thing. I believe however because the shooter is female, she'll get off easy.

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2013-12-02 14:26