Mom frantic in 911 call on son’s shooting; she’s now charged
PHOENIX — Investigators released an emotional 911 recording Wednesday of a Phoenix woman saying her 2-year-old son had shot her 9-year-old son and listening to instructions on how to try to revive the wounded child.
Wendy Lavarnia, who was later charged with murder along with her husband in their son Landen’s death, sounded frantic when she reported the March 20 shooting, saying her younger son found a handgun that she left on the bed and accidentally shot his older brother in the head.
“He was shot in the head — he is 9 year old — by his baby brother,” the mother told a Fire Department operator. “I got my gun down and left it on the bed like an idiot. And my son — I didn’t think he could fire it, and he shot it.”
An agonizing cry can be heard in the background earlier in the call, but it’s unclear who was crying.