From the AP newswire
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A mother allegedly shot dead her 6-year-old son Sunday but a shotgun blast intended for his 16-year-old brother was absorbed by the teen-ager's Bible, police said.Leslie Ann Wallace, 39, was later shot by sheriff's deputies and hospitalized in critical condition.
Authorities said Wallace shot her son James Wallace at home, then drove to her family's church where she fired her shotgun at 16-year-old Kenneth Wallace as he stood outside.
The blast, fired at close range, struck his Bible and the overcoat he was carrying. Kenneth Wallace's arm had minor scratches.
``The Bible certainly saved his life,'' said Lee County Sheriff's Deputy Larry King. ``Had his Bible not been in the way he would have sustained the brunt of the blast and very well could have died from that type of injury.''
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