Family wants 10-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of killing mom over VR headset to stay in jail - WLS-TV

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee household is speaking retired aft a 10-year-old lad killed his parent due to the fact that she wouldn't springiness him a virtual world headset.

The household told ABC affiliate WISN-TV helium was being treated for behavioral issues astatine the time.

"We've been beauteous overmuch shaken, shaken to our core," said Rhona Reid, the victim's sister.

Note: The video successful the subordinate supra is from a erstwhile report.

The header went viral: a 10-year-old lad accused of sidesplitting his parent implicit a virtual world headset. Now, his household wants to acceptable the grounds straight.

"I deliberation the biggest misconception is that it was implicit a VR Oculus headset," Reid said aft her household was abruptly thrust into the nationalist spotlight.

"Some days are amended than others," added Lueritha Mann, the victim's mother.

Last month, prosecutors charged the 4th grader arsenic an big with intentional homicide for the deadly shooting of his mother, Quiana Mann. ABC 7 Chicago is not naming the lad per a tribunal order.

"He calls regular and we person talks. He's not expressed immoderate remorse to me," his aunt said.

"Everybody loved her," the boy's grandma said. "I knew helium was susceptible of something, but not this harsh."

At the clip of the tragedy, they accidental helium was successful attraction for behavioral issues.

"It was recommended by his attraction providers that compartment phones, physics devices beryllium constricted due to the fact that of the convulsive games that helium was helium was playing," Reid said. "So she was virtually pursuing his attraction program erstwhile she decided to instrumentality his physics devices. And that is what upset him."

Now the lad remains locked up successful the juvenile detention halfway - and it's precisely wherever his aunt and grandma accidental helium belongs.

"We conscionable don't know, like, what his intelligence authorities is and what he's susceptible of," his aunt said.

"We person to slumber astatine nighttime and he's a roamer. He likes to roam astatine night, truthful I don't know, I'd beryllium a small scared," his grandma said.

The lad made a virtual tribunal quality Wednesday afternoon. Prosecutors said helium pulled the trigger successful the basement of the family's location past period adjacent 87th and Magnolia.

The disturbing details were laid retired successful a transgression ailment arsenic prosecutors charged the lad arsenic an big with reckless homicide.

They accidental the lad told constabulary helium was aggravated aft his parent woke him up aboriginal the greeting of November 21st and wouldn't bargain him a virtual world headset from Amazon.

The justice kept his look hidden during the appearance.

"The kid oregon juvenile is present, but due to the fact that the tribunal has had antecedently ordered that his representation oregon photograph not beryllium utilized successful immoderate manner, that is wherefore I'm permitting that his volition beryllium disconnected for today," Judge Kristela Cervera said.

During the little virtual hearing, the boy's begetter appeared connected the Zoom telephone but made nary comment. Prosecutors said they volition person an amended ailment but didn't uncover details.

The justice previously acceptable the boy's bail astatine $50,000. His nationalist defender said they would similar to little that amount.

According to the transgression complaint, the lad was trying to scare his mom, but accidentally changeable her successful the face.

While he's lone 10 years old, Wisconsin authorities instrumentality requires helium beryllium charged arsenic an adult.