Mississippi Girl, 14, Charged as Adult After She's Accused of Fatally Shooting Mother, Injuring Stepfather
Carly Madison Gregg, 14, charged as an adult in the alleged killing of her mother, police said.
March 22 2024, Published 2:02 p.m. ET
A teenager in Mississippi will be tried as an adult after authorities say she fatally shot her school teacher mother and wounded her stepfather.
Around 5 p.m. on March 19, deputies were called to the scene in Rankin County and found the homeowner suffering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder, according to documents obtained by WAPT.
The man told authorities that he arrived home a few minutes earlier and found his wife, 40-year-old Ashley Smylie, dead and his stepdaughter, 14-year-old Carly Madison Gregg, holding a handgun.
The homeowner claimed Gregg shot him but he was able to take the weapon away from her. He said she then ran into the backyard, jumped a fence and disappeared.
Deputies, with the help of a state patrol helicopter, were able to locate the girl not far from the house.
Gregg was arrested and taken to the Rankin County Juvenile Detention Center.
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On March 20, a judge certified Gregg as an adult and she was charged with murder and attempted murder. She was being held on a $1 million bond.
Investigators have not said what led to the shooting.
School officials said Smylie was a math teacher at Northwest Rankin High School, where her daughter was a student.
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