Garden City police say a boy,15, is in custody in the shooting death of his mother. Police say in a news release that the teenager reported Monday afternoon that he had shot his mother inside their home.
When officers arrived at the home, they found Mallory Hernandez, 34, suffering from several gunshot wounds. She died later at a Garden City hospital. The teenager was at the home and surrendered to police.
He is being held at the Southwest Kansas Regional Detention Center on suspicion of first-degree murder.
