Police: Child recovering after shooting

Spenser Hickey | Reporter

MARION - Within 20 minutes of Amanda Swartz's call that a family member had been robbed and shot, officers took her into custody as the alleged shooter.

The Monday shooting is considered accidental, according to the Marion Police Department.

"We were able to determine that she was in possession of a firearm, was trying to clear the firearm or make it safe, he was standing next to her ... the gun fired (and) shot him," Lt. Chris Adkins said.

The victim, a 13-year-old boy, was wounded below the waist but is expected to fully recover and was alert at the scene, Adkins said.

Swartz, a convicted felon with an additional out-of-state warrant, was arrested on five charges: weapons under disability and being a fugitive from justice, both felonies, and misdemeanor charges of negligent assault, tampering with evidence and falsification.

Swartz is 29 and lives at 378 Nunin Court, according to police records, which state the incident was reported in that block. She initially told investigators that the victim was robbed in an alley on Windsor Street, behind her residence. Swartz said the victim was her nephew, but Adkins said he may be a cousin.

Court records show Swartz was charged in Marion Municipal Court with weapons under disability and being a fugitive from justice, but the case has not been transferred to the Common Pleas Court yet. A call to her attorney, Todd Workman, was not returned.

Marion County court records did not show prior felony cases locally, and past city court convictions were traffic- or animal-related.

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