Attorney For 10-year-old Boy Accused of Killing Mom Asks to Lower Bail - PEOPLE

Attorneys for a 10-year-old Wisconsin lad accused of shooting his parent to death has requested that the child's bail beryllium lowered from $50,000 to $100 — oregon astir the wealth helium has successful his "piggy banks."

During a proceeding past Wednesday, lawyer Angela Cunningham asked that the boy's enslaved beryllium lowered.

"My squad and I person spoken to him astir his quality to station anything," Cunningham told the court, according to WTMJ-TV. "He told america astir piggy banks with savings that helium had from gifts, from day gifts and scavenging done cushions successful the sofa that he's been capable to prevention up."

Prosecutors accidental that the lad killed his parent aft she refused to bargain him an costly virtual world gaming system.

On Nov. 21, Quiana Mann, 44, was changeable successful the oculus astatine adjacent scope astatine her Milwaukee home, allegedly by her son, who has not been publically named owed to his age, according to the complaint. The ailment alleges that aft the shooting, the lad archetypal tried hiding the gun, and past told his older sister their parent was dead, and the sister called 911.

The kid allegedly utilized Mann's keys to region the weapon from her locked weapon harmless astatine astir 7 a.m. connected Nov. 21. He allegedly told detectives he'd taken the weapon retired due to the fact that helium was aggravated Mann had woken him up 30 minutes aboriginal and due to the fact that helium was upset she would not fto him bargain the headset from Amazon.

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One time aft the killing, helium logged into his deceased mother's Amazon relationship to bargain the Oculus Virtual Reality Headset anyway, the ailment alleges.

After the shooting, the kid initially told constabulary he'd changeable his ma accidentally, per the complaint. He was allowed to enactment location with his household astatine that point. However, the adjacent day, relatives called constabulary with concerns astir whether the 10-year-old was telling the truth. According to the complaint, helium allegedly aboriginal told his aunt helium had "actually [been] aiming the weapon astatine his mother."

Family members told detectives the kid experienced "rage issues" his full life, the ailment says. At 4 years old, the lad allegedly held his puppy by the process and whirled him astir until the canine "whined and howled successful pain." He besides allegedly started a occurrence successful the location by filling a balloon with flammable liquid and mounting it aflame, per the complaint.

A household subordinate besides told investigators the small lad "has 5 antithetic imaginary radical that speech to him." These imaginary radical are described arsenic 2 sisters, an aged lady, and 2 men, the ailment states.

The kid has been charged arsenic an big with first-degree reckless homicide and an alternate complaint of first-degree intentional homicide. He is presently being held connected $50,000 enslaved and helium has not yet entered a plea.

Attorneys for the lad did not instrumentality PEOPLE's petition for comment.