Laurie Adams (Office of the State Attorney 18th Judicial Circuit)
A Florida woman shot a man in the head with his gun after he became upset when their 8-year-old son pooped his pants, authorities said.
Laurie Adams, 38, was indicted on Tuesday on one count of first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm in connection with the shooting death of Adel Tawfeek, 51, the Seminole County State Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
The bloodshed happened on June 5, according to an affidavit in the case. Police responded to an apartment in the 400 block of Sheoah Boulevard in Winter Springs, north of Orlando, on a shooting call. While en route, officers were informed by communications that the caller had said she had shot someone in the head.
Once inside the home, officers saw Tawfeck sitting on the back porch with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. He died at a hospital.
Adams waived her Miranda rights and allegedly told police what happened.
She allegedly said it all started after Tawfeek became upset when he noticed their 8-year-old son, who has autism, “had pooped his pants.”
He began to yell at the boy and his mother, she told police, according to the affidavit.
An arrest report said that after she cleaned up their son, she put him to bed. Then Tawfeek began to yell at her and pushed her up against the wall, the document said she told investigators.
The affidavit said he then grabbed a beer and sat on the back porch.
Adams took about 15 minutes to calm down, then went to Tawfeek’s bedroom closet, grabbed his gun and loaded it, the arrest report said.
“She walked out to the living room and observed Adel Tawfeek smoking on the porch,” the document said. “Laurie then walked out towards the porch, where she pulled the trigger, shooting Adel Tawfeek in the head.”
The affidavit added that Adams had also told investigators she had texted her mother days before the shooting and requested that she be responsible for her son “if anything were to happen.”
Adams was being held without bond at the Seminole County Jail. She is expected to appear in court on July 23, online booking records show.
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