A 40-year-old woman is facing a charge of negligent homicide for allegedly firing the bullet that fatally struck Zack Kempke, a 14-year-old Weber County boy who had been riding in a car with his family in northern Utah.
Kayleen Richins was charged Monday in Rich County with the class A misdemeanor, which carries a potential penalty of up to a year in jail.
Charging documents allege Richins and her family were target shooting in the Monte Cristo area Sept. 23 using a paper target on a cardboard box to sight in a hunting rifle. Beyond the target was a dense forest — and a road that could not be seen from where the family was firing the weapon.