A 71-year-old Sheridan, Wyoming, woman was sentenced last week to prison for buying three handguns which she gave to her son, a convicted felon. Her son then used one of the weapons to kill a police officer.

Eileen Marie Hurley was indicted in January by a federal grand jury for her involvement in her son's crimes. According to the indictment, Hurley bought two 9mm pistols and a .22 caliber revolver in May 2022. She filled out a required form during the purchase proclaiming that she was the actual buyer of the weapons. She was charged with four federal counts - one for each gun and the last for the falsely filling out the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) form.

Hurley pleaded guilty in June to two of those counts. Wednesday, a U.S. District Court judge in Cheyenne

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