Anderson County Sheriff’s Office settles with family of toddler
By Nikie Mayo, Anderson Independent Mail, S.C. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
The terms of the settlement were not immediately made public in court Friday and lawyers and family members associated with the case did not disclose the amount of money granted. However, family members are expected to receive more in Friday's "full and final settlement" of the case than they did in December, when they were given
Josiah shot himself in the head on
Josiah's grandmother,
She said Friday that the settlement does not help the family recover from what has happened.
"It does nothing for us like that," she said. "It does not bring Josiah back. It doesn't help my daughter get over the death of her only child -- her only son. We're doing the best we can to lean on each other and move forward, but when you wake up, it's as fresh as the day it happened."
Before Josiah's mother could take the gun away from him, the boy pulled the trigger. He died a short time later at
Judge
Thompson and Josiah's mother, Antwanneshea Sharmel Carson, bowed their heads slightly as the settlement was approved
Carson was
Reached after the hearing,
"This is a tragic incident and nobody ever wished it would have happened," Skipper said. "We rely on the South Carolina Insurance Reserve fund, who represents us, to decide how far to push in a case like this. But we can all agree that this is a tragedy."
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