Inset: Briasha Stroud (Hamilton County Sheriff”s Office). Background: Law enforcement investigates a shooting on Glenway Avenue in Hamilton County, Ohio (WLWT/YouTube).
An Ohio woman has admitted to attempting to kill her 12-year-old son in a shooting that authorities say unfolded inside a parked car before she overdosed and shot herself.
Briasha Stroud, of Hamilton County, had been charged with attempted murder in connection with the case, according to jail records reviewed by Law&Crime. This week, she pleaded guilty, Cincinnati NBC affiliate WLWT reported.
Investigators say the shooting happened on Jan. 26, 2025, in Deer Park, a community northeast of Cincinnati. Authorities allege Stroud and her son were sitting in a car inside a garage on Glenway Avenue when she shot the boy in the back of the head.
According to the report, Stroud’s boyfriend later found her suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest and apparently overdosing. Audio from the 911 call, obtained by WLWT, captures the urgency of the scene.
“Where is he shot?” the dispatcher asked.
“In the head,” the caller responded.
“She’s unconscious,” the boyfriend adds. “I don’t know if she took pills or what. She’s foaming at the mouth.”
“Oh my god,” the boyfriend says as the conversation goes on. When asked if the child was still breathing, he responded in the affirmative.
The boy survived — though prosecutors reportedly said his injuries were “life-changing” and that “he will never have a normal life.” They also asserted that if the son ever dies from injuries suffered on that fateful day, Stroud could face a murder charge.
Stroud survived her wounds, too.
She is set to be sentenced on July 23. She faces decades in prison.
