The Brief
- Lanecia Bennett, charged with second-degree murder and cruelty to children, was granted bond despite not pulling the trigger in her son’s shooting death.
- Bennett’s 5-year-old son was shot by his twin brother after finding a loaded firearm in Bennett’s nightstand; other young children were present in the apartment.
- Judge Bethel set Bennett’s bond at $30,000, ordered her compliance with child services, prohibited firearm possession, and barred her from discussing the shooting with her surviving children.
DECATUR, Ga. – A DeKalb County mother charged in the shooting death of her 5-year-old son has been granted bond, though prosecutors say she did not pull the trigger.
Lanecia Bennett released from jail
What we know:
Lanecia Bennett, 25, was released from the DeKalb County Jail on Saturday after a judge set her bond at $30,000 during a hearing Friday in DeKalb County Superior Court. Judge Winston Bethel ordered Bennett to comply with the Division of Children and Families, prohibited her from possessing or being around firearms, and barred her from speaking to her two surviving children about the shooting.
5-year-old killed in shooting
The backstory:
Bennett is facing charges of second-degree murder and cruelty to children in connection with the July 24 shooting at The Village at Wesley Chapel Apartment Homes on Pleasant Point Drive.…