EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — A mother and her son have been charged with child neglect in the September accidental shooting death of a 12-year-old boy at their Edmond home.

According to court documents, Edmond police responded to a call from Kershena Cotton, who told dispatchers on Sept. 28 that someone at the home, who was later identified as Cotton’s 12-year-old son, Tyler Taffe, was shot and died around 2:00 a.m.: 51 am

Taffe reportedly lived with his father in Oklahoma City and attended Millwood Middle School, but stayed at the Edmond home with Cotton a few nights each month.

Documents allege Cotton’s 18-year-old son, Logan Walker, told officers during an interview that he usually shares a room with Taffe when he visits. Walker said in a police interview that he told Taffe to get into bed so he wouldn’t sleep on the floor while Walker played video games.

Walker told police he was wearing headphones with one ear covered when he heard Taffe yell at him twice before hearing a loud bang. Walker then turned and ran to Taffe, shaking him and asking if he was okay, but the 12-year-old did not respond.

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Documents say Walker then picked up the gun from the floor and removed the magazine before placing the gun on a nightstand and running into Cotton’s bedroom to apologize. Cotton then called 9-1-1 after finding Taffe unresponsive in Walker’s bedroom.

In the police interview, Cotton told officers she was awake when she heard the gunshot and the gun found in Walker’s bedroom belonged to her. She also said she took Walker and her 20-year-old son to a gun range in Oklahoma City on Sept. 10.

Police said Cotton was adamant that no ammunition was brought home from the gun range or kept in her home. He also told Walker to lock his gun in the bedroom closet safe, but admitted he did not check to make sure Walker had locked the gun.

Walker would later admit in his interview that he kept extra ammunition from the range in his pocket and loaded it into a magazine when he returned home and left the gun on the nightstand until the incident because he did not remember that Cotton told him. to lock it.

According to police, Walker also said he saw Taffe raise the gun earlier in the day and asked him to put the gun down.

Cotton and Walker both face child neglect charges in connection with the incident.

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