Petersburg mother, 11-year-old brother charged after 6-year-old girl shot, killed
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PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) -- A Petersburg mother and her 11-year-old son are facing charges after police say the boy shot his 6-year-old sister, killing her.
Just before 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, officers with the Petersburg Bureau of Police were called to the 2300 block of Navajo Court for report of a person shot.
When they arrived, they found a 6-year-old girl with a gunshot wound. She was taken to a local hospital, where she later died.
Two weeks later, on Tuesday, March 24, police announced that two arrests were made in connection with this incident: an 11-year-old boy and 30-year-old Natalie Joyce Burford.
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The 11-year-old boy is facing a manslaughter charge. Burford, who police said is the mother of both the 11-year-old suspect and the 6-year-old victim, was hit with three counts of child neglect, one count of leaving a loaded firearm accessible and one count of child endangerment.
No additional information on this incident is available as of the time of reporting.
Burford will next appear in court on June 18.
