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October 15, 2015
Great-aunt arrested on gun charge after Rock Hill 2-year-old shoots grandmother
State prisons employee faces charge of unlawful carrying of a pistol
A judge set bond for Daisha Adawn Ervin of Greenville at $3,000
Suspect expresses remorse: ‘It was an honest mistake’
ROCK HILL
The great-aunt of the 2-year-old Rock Hill boy who picked up her .357-caliber revolver and accidentally shot his grandmother was charged Thursday with unlawful carrying of a handgun.
Daisha Adawn Ervin, 24, of Greenville, who works for the state Department of Corrections, appeared before a judge Thursday afternoon for a bond hearing.
“It was an honest mistake,” she told the judge. “It is not what the media has portrayed. I am not the person the media has portrayed at all. That’s not me.”
A judge set bond at $3,000 for the misdemeanor charge, which carries penalties upon conviction of up to one year in jail or a fine of up to $1,000, or both.
The child’s grandmother, who has not been named, was injured in the Sunday shooting but later released from a hospital.
Police allege that Ervin stored the handgun in a pouch on the back of the front passenger seat of her 2010 Chevy Camaro.
October 15, 2015
Great-aunt arrested on gun charge after Rock Hill 2-year-old shoots grandmother
State prisons employee faces charge of unlawful carrying of a pistol
A judge set bond for Daisha Adawn Ervin of Greenville at $3,000
Suspect expresses remorse: ‘It was an honest mistake’
ROCK HILL
The great-aunt of the 2-year-old Rock Hill boy who picked up her .357-caliber revolver and accidentally shot his grandmother was charged Thursday with unlawful carrying of a handgun.
Daisha Adawn Ervin, 24, of Greenville, who works for the state Department of Corrections, appeared before a judge Thursday afternoon for a bond hearing.
“It was an honest mistake,” she told the judge. “It is not what the media has portrayed. I am not the person the media has portrayed at all. That’s not me.”
A judge set bond at $3,000 for the misdemeanor charge, which carries penalties upon conviction of up to one year in jail or a fine of up to $1,000, or both.
The child’s grandmother, who has not been named, was injured in the Sunday shooting but later released from a hospital.
Police allege that Ervin stored the handgun in a pouch on the back of the front passenger seat of her 2010 Chevy Camaro.