Woman tells Putnam County deputy that son, 4, shot her in back while she
was driving

A gunshot fired from inside a pickup truck in Putnam County went through
the driver’s back and out the front of her torso Tuesday afternoon. When
a deputy asked the injured woman what happened, she said her 4-year-old
son did it.

*Less than a day earlier, a Facebook post, which may belong to the
victim, talked of letting a 4-year-old boy shoot targets.*

The deputy noticed the woman, Jamie Gilt, behaving frantically inside
the four-dour pickup truck at Florida 20 and Rowland Avenue just after 3
p.m. and he quickly realized she had been shot, Capt. Joseph Wells said.

The woman told the deputy her 4-year-old son accidentally shot her while
he was sitting in the back seat.

A handgun was found on the floor in the back of the vehicle and there
didn’t appear to be any bullet entry points on the exterior of the truck
so Wells said the shot was most likely fired from inside.

A public Facebook account for a woman named Jamie Gilt who lives in
Jacksonville and is from Palatka features various pictures of horses and
pro-gun messages. Another Facebook page is called “Jamie Gilt for Gun
Sense.”

One post, shared on the Jamie Gilt page Sunday, shows an image of two
burglars breaking into a home with a message below saying guns are not
the answer, but calling 911 is. In disagreement, Gilt shared the photo
and commented that the criminals might change their plans if they knew
they were going to get killed.

The post included other comments in a discussion that defended the right
to carry guns.

“Thanks. All of ours know how to shoot too. Even my 4-year-old gets
jacked up to target shoot the .22,” Gilt responded Monday evening on
Facebook after someone commented on the post.

It’s unclear if the Facebook account belongs to the woman who was shot
Tuesday or if the 4-year-old referenced in the post is Gilt’s son, but
Wells said the gun found in the pickup truck after Tuesday’s shooting
was a .45-caliber handgun.

Gilt was taken to a hospital in stable condition and the boy is in the
custody of family members, Wells said. He said the Department of
Children and Families has been contacted but the shooting is being
investigated as accidental.

“We’re satisfied that this is not a criminal shooting,” Wells said.

Investigators are still trying to determine how the boy got the gun and
who it’s registered to, Wells said.

He said no charges have been filed yet but authorities will work with
the State Attorney’s Office to determine if Gilt will be charged
depending on how the boy obtained the weapon.

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