Prosecutors said the Milwaukee boy shot his mother after she would not buy him a virtual headset. He was charged as an adult.
Such cases of children being charged with homicide are rare, but not unprecedented in Wisconsin. State law requires children as young as 10 to be charged as adults for certain serious crimes, at least to start the case. Those crimes include first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide.The shooting occurred shortly before 7 a.m. on Nov. 21on Milwaukee's northwest side.
When the boy was 4, he swung the family's puppy by the tail until it howled in pain. His mother got rid of the dog because she feared it would defend itself and attack the boy. When his mother asked why he would do something like that, he said his"two sisters told him to do it," according to relatives' recollection of the situation. When he was questioned further, the boy said he hears five different, imaginary people talking to him: two sisters, one older woman, one man and a second man who the boy described as"mean."
The boy told police he got the gun from the lockbox that morning because his mother woke him up early – at 6 a.m. instead of 6:30 a.m. – and because she would not allow him to buy something on Amazon he wanted.On Wednesday, the boy's neighbors expressed shock at what had happened. In Wisconsin, if a child is charged in adult court, his or her attorneys can seek to move the case back to juvenile court.
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