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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - A mother is accused of providing false information to Tuscaloosa Police after her son accidentally shot his girlfriend while recording a video for TikTok, according to court records.
Sanchessica Fields is charged with endangering welfare of a child, giving false name to officers, obstructing government operations and tampering with physical evidence.
Tuscaloosa Police first interviewed Fields and her son on Jan. 5 at the hospital where the victim was being treated following the shooting. The victim, a juvenile, was shot in the abdomen.
According to a deposition, Fields first told officers she was driving her son and the victim when the victim started yelling at a woman in another car while they were stopped at a traffic light.
Fields said they pulled away and were followed by the other car, according to the officer's notes. She told the officer that when they stopped, the victim got out and started yelling at the woman and man in the other car, who also got out of their car.
They reported hearing a single shot and, after realizing the victim was shot, took her to the hospital.
"[The mother and son] do not know who the male and female were from the other vehicle but they said they feel like the juvenile victim knew the female," according to court records.
Investigators said Fields and her son gave a false address when interviewed.
When officers spoke to them a second time, the pair gave another account of what happened.
According to a deposition, in this telling of events, Fields' son said his girlfriend was in his bedroom and he accidentally shot her while moving a gun out of the way so she could sit down.
He also said his girlfriend told him to tell police a different story about what happened, and that his mother took the gun to a family member's house to "get rid of it," according to records.
Officers got a different story from the victim.
She told investigators that she was shot by her boyfriend while he was recording a video for TikTok.
"He had his gun out, waving it all around while recording the video. The juvenile victim said [her boyfriend] took the safety off the gun at one point and then he started waving it all around again," court records said.
The gun fired and she fell to the ground, according to records. She told officers that she never told her boyfriend or his mother to say she was shot by someone else.
Fields' son is not charged in this case, but the accidental shooting is still under investigation.
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Sanchessica Fields is charged with endangering welfare of a child, giving false name to officers, obstructing government operations and tampering with physical evidence.
Tuscaloosa Police first interviewed Fields and her son on Jan. 5 at the hospital where the victim was being treated following the shooting. The victim, a juvenile, was shot in the abdomen.
According to a deposition, Fields first told officers she was driving her son and the victim when the victim started yelling at a woman in another car while they were stopped at a traffic light.
Fields said they pulled away and were followed by the other car, according to the officer's notes. She told the officer that when they stopped, the victim got out and started yelling at the woman and man in the other car, who also got out of their car.
They reported hearing a single shot and, after realizing the victim was shot, took her to the hospital.
"[The mother and son] do not know who the male and female were from the other vehicle but they said they feel like the juvenile victim knew the female," according to court records.
Investigators said Fields and her son gave a false address when interviewed.
When officers spoke to them a second time, the pair gave another account of what happened.
According to a deposition, in this telling of events, Fields' son said his girlfriend was in his bedroom and he accidentally shot her while moving a gun out of the way so she could sit down.
He also said his girlfriend told him to tell police a different story about what happened, and that his mother took the gun to a family member's house to "get rid of it," according to records.
Officers got a different story from the victim.
She told investigators that she was shot by her boyfriend while he was recording a video for TikTok.
"He had his gun out, waving it all around while recording the video. The juvenile victim said [her boyfriend] took the safety off the gun at one point and then he started waving it all around again," court records said.
The gun fired and she fell to the ground, according to records. She told officers that she never told her boyfriend or his mother to say she was shot by someone else.
Fields' son is not charged in this case, but the accidental shooting is still under investigation.
Mother charged after son accidentally shot girlfriend while recording TikTok video, police say
A mother is accused of providing false information to police after her son accidentally shot his girlfriend while recording a video for TikTok.
