Milwaukee boy accused of killing mom, competency evaluation ordered - FOX 6 Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE - The 10-year-old Milwaukee lad charged with shooting and sidesplitting his parent implicit a virtual world headset volition beryllium seen by a psychologist, the tribunal ruled Friday, Jan. 27.

"(He) does not recognize what is going connected and whitethorn not beryllium capable to assistance successful his defense, truthful we are asking for a competency evaluation," Defense Attorney Angela Cunningham told Judge Jane Carroll.

Prosecutors did not entity to a scientist evaluating the boy, who FOX6 News is not naming owed to a tribunal bid from the judge. It has not yet been decided whether helium volition beryllium tried arsenic an adult.

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Although not pictured connected camera, the lad was holding onto a stuffed carnal successful tribunal portion the justice explained to him what's next.

"Dr. Gust Brye is going to travel and speech to you astatine detention. She’s going to inquire you a clump of questions and spell implicit a clump of things with you, truthful she’s precise nice. You volition similar her," Carroll said.

The lad was charged successful November 2022. Prosecutors said helium told constabulary his ma would not fto him person a virtual world headset, and helium got the weapon due to the fact that helium was huffy astatine her. 

The boy's bail remains astatine $50,000. The competency valuation is owed Feb. 13.