HAMILTON, Ohio — The Liberty Township woman accused of shooting her 6-month-old granddaughter in the head pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity during her arraignment Tuesday.
Butler County sheriff's deputies arrested Mia Desiree Harris, 43, on Dec. 9 after officials said she shot at several family members before intentionally shooting her grandchild.
Harris was indicted Friday on three counts of felonious assault and improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation.
After she pleaded not guilty, Judge Daniel Haughey ordered a forensic physiological evaluation. A competency hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 27.
Officials said Harris dragged a family out of bed and assaulted her, resulting in two family members locking themselves in a room with the baby. When she entered the room, Det. Daniel Turner said at her preliminary hearing Harris shot at the child's mother, grazing her head, before shooting the 6-month-old who was lying on the bed.
Harris then picked up the child, handed her to the baby’s mother and smiled before leaving the house, Turner said.
The 43-year-old then fled the scene, driving the wrong way on I-75 and refusing to stop for deputies before returning to the home where the shooting occurred on Dutchview Court. Following her arrest, Turner said he asked Harris why he shot the child.
"She said, 'That was not my grandbaby' and at one point she said, 'Sorry, not sorry,'" Turner testified.
Harris will be held without bond until the competency evaluation is completed.
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