How did the son sleep through all of that and not find her until hours later? Weird
Most likely he is very dependent on her and follows her lead. She was unable to go downstairs to tell him how to help.
You have to read the comments to find out her son is disabled, even then no specifics.
As others said, you have to read all the comments at the article, in order to figure out what the author left out because of poor reporting and writing. Seems to be an epidemic of bad reporting, writing and editing. Disabled son.
So let me get this straight. Her son was down stairs and never heard a shot fired. Then waited 10 hours to check on his mother. Then once he found that she had been wounded in a fire fight ,he handed her the phone so SHE could call 911.
Excuse me but she should have shot him also.