Carly Gregg was 14 when she fatally shot her mother and attempted to kill her stepfather inside the family’s Brandon, Miss., home
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Ashley Smylie, left, Carly Gregg’ title=’Ashley Smylie; Carly Madison Gregg,15, right, listens as defense attorney Bridget Renea Todd, addresses Rankin County Circuit Court Judge Dewey Arthur during a hearing regarding Gregg’s competency to stand trial and her mental health’>
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Ashley Smylie, left, Carly Gregg
Carly Gregg , the teenager who fatally shot her mother and attempted to kill her stepfather, has been sentenced to life in prison, according to multiple news reports.
The sentence was handed down to the 15-year-old on Friday, Sept. 20, after jurors in Rankin County, Miss., found her guilty on all counts including first-degree murder, attempted murder and tampering with evidence, according to The Clarion-Ledger, WAPT , and WLBT . Gregg was visibly emotional when the verdict was read, WAPT reported.
Gregg was 14 at the time of the March 19 shooting, in which prosecutors argued she killed her 40-year-old mother, Ashely Smylie, with the mother’s gun inside the family’s Brandon, Miss., home, according to The Clarion Ledger , WLBT , and WJTV . Later, the teenager lied in wait in an apparent ambush designed to shoot and kill her stepfather, 39-year-old Heath Smylie, when he arrived home, prosecutors said, per the outlets. Gregg then fled but was later arrested near the home…