Following the fatal shooting of a woman, a Florida mother is headed to prison on manslaughter charges. But police allege that her 10-year-old daughter is the one who pulled the trigger.
During Memorial Day weekend back in 2022, 33-year-old Lakrisha Isaac pulled up to a cookout hosted by 41-year-old Lashun Rodgers and confronted her over a social media post she made, according to an arrest affidavit. Authorities say when the discussion got heated, Isaac passed her backpack, which contained a loaded gun, to her 10-year-old daughter
The two women began to scuffle, police said. According to the Orlando Sentinel, neighbors claimed Isaac swung first. However, whoever threw the first punch didn’t matter after a few moments. Police allege the girl pulled the gun from her mother’s backpack and shot Rodgers twice, sending a bullet to her head. Police say she died later at the hospital.
“She shouldn’t have hit my mama!” witnesses claim the girl yelled.
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Isaac was arrested and later released on bond. The girl — who was 10 years old at the time of the shooting — was also arrested shortly thereafter, but the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office said in a statement that no charging decision was made.
News 6 asked the state attorney’s office for an update last month in this regard — due in part to how State Attorney Andrew Bain replaced Monique Worrell in August 2023 — but we were told it was unable to comment on any cases involving a juvenile.
Isaac was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of manslaughter and culpable negligence after entering a no contest plea. She was also given a 128-day credit for time served. She is also to spend three years on probation and attend a parenting class as part of her conditions.
Isaac’s attorney says the 10-year-old girl remains in juvenile detention center with no pending charges, per WESH.