{"id":180019,"date":"2026-03-06T00:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180019\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:02:11","slug":"miami-gardens-mother-gets-probation-after-her-2-year-old-shot-himself-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180019\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Gardens mother gets probation after her 2-year-old shot himself \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mother in Miami Gardens has been sentenced to five years of probation after her 2-year-old son accidentally shot himself<\/a> with a gun he found in her purse.<\/p>\n

According to police, the incident happened last summer at an apartment complex in Miami Gardens. Authorities say the toddler grabbed his mother\u2019s firearm from her purse and accidentally pulled the trigger, shooting himself in the leg.<\/p>\n

Video captured at the scene showed the child being rushed to the hospital on a stretcher. The boy survived and has since fully recovered.<\/p>\n

The child\u2019s mother, 35-year-old Christina Monique Doyle, was arrested and charged with child neglect and culpable negligence<\/a> for allowing easy access to the weapon. Prosecutors said those charges carried a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n

During a court hearing, the presiding judge, Alberto Milian, emphasized the responsibility that comes with gun ownership.<\/p>\n

“I am a very pro-gun person, but along with the right and the privilege of having a gun comes responsibilities,” Milian said.<\/p>\n

Doyle ultimately accepted a plea deal where she pleaded no contest, allowing her to avoid jail time. Instead, she was sentenced to five years of probation.<\/p>\n

Her attorney, Dustin Tischler, said Doyle has no prior criminal record and described the incident as a mistake.<\/p>\n

“She\u2019s 35 years old, never been in trouble whatsoever in her life,\u201d Tischler said. \u201cShe\u2019s a very good mother, a very caring mother to several children. This has been a nightmare, and she\u2019s happy to get it behind her.”<\/p>\n

Tischler also said the case should serve as a warning to gun owners about keeping firearms secure around children.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though she had it in her purse and thought it was secure, the child was able to get to it when she was distracted,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you have a firearm, it\u2019s important to keep it locked away.”<\/p>\n

Tischler said Doyle has completed a parenting program through the Florida Department of Children and Families and how she is allowed to have contact with her children, including her son who is now doing well after recovering from the injury.<\/p>\n

NBC6 reached out to DCF about the case but we haven’t heard back yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mother in Miami Gardens has been sentenced to five years of probation after her 2-year-old son accidentally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,2431,125,124],"class_list":["post-180019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-gardens","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}