The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office booked Kimberly Boykin, 37, of Phil Campbell, Ala., at 9:57 a.m. on August 2, 2024, under charges of non-vehicular criminally negligent homicide. Her booking number is 11986. She was released later that day at 5:45 p.m.

Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver said the indictment and arrest followed a March 2023 incident in the Gravel Hill community in Franklin County where Boykin is accuses of “recklessly leaving a loaded firearm where a child could reach it.”

Oliver explained a four-year-old found it, picked it up , fired it and struck an eight-year-old child in the abdomen. “Boykin had left the residence and was not at the house when the incident occurred,” Oliver explained. “An older sibling called 911 after the shooting.”

He said following the arrival of deputies and EMS, the eight-year-old child was transported to a local hospital and died there from the gunshot injury.

Charges and bail amounts may change after court appearances and may not be current on the website, franklinsheriff.org.