Mother indicted after 14-year-old son fatally shoots teen with her gun

STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A grand jury has indicted the mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl at an Ohio home this summer.

Erin Barker, 47, was indicted on a charge of tampering with evidence. She will be arraigned on Oct. 2.

Police in Alliance said Barker’s son used her gun to fatally shoot Kennedy Wise around 4:15 p.m. on June 19 at a home in the 600 block of West Summit Street.

According to police, the boy, an acquaintance of the victim, brought the gun to the home.

After the shooting, the boy removed the gun from the scene and told his mother, Barker, that the shooting was a suicide.

Police said Barker then returned the gun to the scene and failed to tell officers she had done so.

Officers added that the boy later admitted he accidentally shot Wise in the head and it was not a suicide.

He was charged with involuntary manslaughter and is being held in a juvenile detention facility.