On December 11 of last year, 11-year-old Sienna Dusk Owens was shot and killed by a 12 year-old boy in Franklin County. After hearing evidence in Franklin County Juvenile Court on Friday, Judge Thomas Faris found the boy guilty of the charge of reckless homicide. According to Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Chris Guess, Sienna, of Decherd, suffered a gun-shot wound to her upper back from a 20-gauge shot-gun at the boy’s home.
Sienna and the boy were classmates at North Middle School.
The boy’s mother, Jennifer Ann Amacher, who was home at the time of the shooting, has been indicted on five counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon in connection the case. The 5 counts is apparently because other children were at the residence and she was at home at the time of the shooting. The charges against Amacher are still pending.
The judge set a sentencing date of Dec. 2, at which time he will hear additional testimony before imposing a sentence on the boy.
12 year-old Found Guilty of Reckless Homicide
