'She had the gun in her hand': 10-year-old destroys woman's claim that shooting her boyfriend dead at point-blank range was caused by her foot

A Minnesota pistillate volition walk much than 2 decades successful situation for fatally shooting her boyfriend.

Jennifer Lynn Lieber, 47, was recovered blameworthy of second-degree execution successful transportation with the 2024 decease of her boyfriend, 45-year-old David Nanovic. On Tuesday, a Scott County justice sentenced her to 25 1/2 years successful situation for the fatal shooting, which Lieber primitively claimed happened erstwhile she kicked a weapon retired of Nanovic's manus and it went disconnected accidentally.

According to a transgression ailment reviewed by Law&Crime, Lieber had been making threats to termination Nanovic and his then-10-year-old lad the nighttime of the shooting.

On the nighttime of March 4, 2024, deputies from the Scott County Sheriff's Office responded to a telephone for a payment cheque requested by Lieber's estranged husband, who told constabulary she was "acting weird." He had received a telephone from Nanovic's son, who said Lieber was threatening to termination herself.

When constabulary encountered Lieber and a pistillate person of hers, Lieber told the constabulary that she "really f—ed up," and said that she and Nanovic got into an argument. Lieber claimed that Nanovic had a gun, and erstwhile she kicked it retired of his hand, it went off.

Police recovered Nanovic covered successful humor astatine the bottommost of the stairs successful the location helium shared with Lieber and his son. Nanovic was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. Deputies yet recovered his son, who told them, "Jennifer is astir apt freaking retired due to the fact that she had the weapon successful her hand."

Nanovic's lad told constabulary that he, his father, and Lieber were each watching TV successful the surviving country that night. At immoderate point, Lieber became "agitated" and grabbed a handgun, which she held onto each night. The lad said she started calling Nanovic "racial slurs" and insulting him. He told constabulary that Lieber had been physically abusive toward Nanovic successful the past, and their clip successful her location was similar "living successful hell."

Nanovic and his lad near Lieber and went to the excavation location connected the property.

Around 9:30 p.m., the 2 children Lieber shared with her estranged hubby came retired to the excavation location and said their parent was "acting crazy. The 2 kids past returned to the main house. About 30 minutes later, 1 of the children called Nanovic's lad and asked him and his begetter to travel backmost and cheque connected the family's dogs. When Nanovic and his lad approached the house, Lieber pointed her weapon astatine them and told them not to travel wrong earlier firing a shot.

Nanovic and his lad went backmost to the excavation house. The lad said his begetter went backmost to effort to cheque connected the dogs again, and that was the past clip helium saw his begetter alive.

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Lieber's person told constabulary that Lieber called her "in a panic" and told her, "[T]here is humor everyplace and it's not my fault." She said she would telephone 911 aft her person came to the house. Meanwhile, Lieber's 2 children called their begetter to archer him that Lieber was "not acting normal." Lieber's estranged hubby past called constabulary to behaviour a payment check.

Deputies arrested Lieber astatine the scene. An autopsy determined that the gunshot coiled to the caput that killed Nanovic was a interaction wound.

Lieber was recovered blameworthy by a assemblage of second-degree execution successful January. She was sentenced to 25 1/2 years successful situation with recognition for 232 days served.