Gun Victim Wins Life-Support Release

A woman who was left paralyzed from the neck down after allegedly being shot by her mother won the right to be taken off life support. If she dies, her mother could face murder charges. Georgette Smith, 42, can be removed from the ventilator keeping her alive after 5 p.m. today, Judge Richard Conrad ruled in an Orlando, Fla., court. Smith’s lawyers had asked the judge last week to let doctors disconnect the ventilator. Prosecutors have said they will probably seek a murder indictment against Shirley Egan if her daughter dies. Egan, 68, is already charged with attempted murder. She allegedly shot her daughter in the neck in March after overhearing talk about putting her in a nursing home.