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 Saturday, May 10, 2003

 

USA: Mother Holds Her Own 3-Year Old Son At Gun Point




Escapee Karen Lynn Lovell holding a gun to her son's head as hostage - photo TimesOnLine


Elaine Monaghan reports for Time OnLine: Crime scene: Smithville, Tennessee . Karen Lyn Lovell was jailed for stalking and harassment. She pretended to have a seizure in prison on T and was then taken to the nearby hospital.

But on the way back to jail, she managed to steal a police patrol car and drove to her sister’s home to pick up her son. The sister is the guardian of her son.

When the police surrounded her, in desperation she held her son hostage at gunpoint. The police then shot her while she was holding the child. The boy was unharmed. The mother was injured and was taken to hospital on a stretcher by ambulance.

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