Andrew Olson and the boy were watching a movie when Michelle Yeagher, apparently drunk, opened fire.
A 65-year-old Connecticut woman is behind bars, accused of gunning down a man whie he watched a movie with a 12-year-old boy.
Michelle Yeagher has been charged with murder, carrying a dangerous weapon, risk of injury to a child, and reckless endangerment, WFSB reported.
An arrest warrant says that Yeagher told police the man “tried to kill me” so she shot him. She made the statements several times when officers arrived on scene shortly before midnight on Monday. The officers noted that she was naked from the waist down and appeared intoxicated.
They found her in bed when they arrived, according to WVIT, and she couldn’t say where the gun used in the shooting was.
Police identified the victim as 39-year-old Andrew Michael Olson.
The 12-year-old told police that he and Olson were watching the movie “Toy Story” when Yeagher came in and opened fire, shooting Olson in the chest.
During another interview Tuesday morning, Yeagher told officers she was upset from dealing with several issues during the day and started drinking later that night. Olson and the child came over, she said, and she went to bed.
Later, she woke in a state of panic and retrieved her gun from a safe. The next thing she remembered was hearing Olson “in distress” and seeing him on the floor hurt.
Yeagher was ordered held on a $1 million bond and is due in court next on December 11.
Investigators have not described the relationship between Olson, Yeagher, and the young boy.
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[Featured image: Andrew Olson/GoFundMe and Michelle Yeagher/Connecticut State Police]
