Milwaukee mother killed, son accused wanted virtual reality headset - FOX 6 Milwaukee

By FOX6 News Digital Team

MILWAUKEE - A 10-year-old Milwaukee lad is present charged arsenic an big with first-degree reckless homicide for allegedly fatally shooting his parent connected Monday, Nov. 21. This, aft she would not let him to acquisition a virtual world headset online, the ailment says. FOX6 News is not naming the lad due to the fact that of his age.

According to the transgression complaint, Milwaukee constabulary responded to a report of a shooting wrong a residence adjacent 87th and Hemlock connected Monday, Nov. 21. Inside, they recovered a 44-year-old pistillate who suffered a fatal gunshot wound.

While astatine the scene, constabulary spoke with a 10-year-old lad who stated helium was awakened by the pistillate (the boy's mother) astatine 6 a.m. The lad "first told constabulary that helium went to her chamber and retrieved his mother's gun. He went to the basement wherever she was grabbing immoderate laundry. He primitively described twirling the weapon astir connected his digit and past it 'accidentally went off,'" the ailment says.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office noted the parent "died owed to a handgun changeable astatine her astatine adjacent range."

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Due to property considerations, the ailment says the 10-year-old "was allowed to stay with family." However, the adjacent day, household members contacted constabulary with superior concerns. Police were told the 10-year-old "had 'rage issues' each of his life. He becomes precise aggravated and acts out," the ailment says.

In a aboriginal interrogation with police, the 10-year-old lad "admitted that helium was not twirling the weapon astir erstwhile helium changeable his mom," the ailment says. The 10-year-old went connected to archer constabulary helium "admitted that his parent would not let him to person thing from Amazon that helium wanted to have. (The 10-year-old) admitted that helium retrieved the weapon due to the fact that helium was huffy astatine her for waking him up astatine  6 a.m.," the ailment says. The ailment goes connected to accidental "he tried to sprout the partition to 'scare her,' whereupon helium admitted that helium changeable her successful the face." The lad "admitted to knowing that guns are unsafe and tin termination people," the ailment says.

A idiosyncratic constabulary spoke with indicated the lad logged onto his mother's Amazon relationship connected Nov. 22 pursuing her death, and ordered the virtual world headset helium wanted. 

Police located a achromatic semi-automatic 9mm Glock 43 handgun successful the residence. Officials noted a fired cartridge was located astatine the bottommost of the basement stairs.

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The 10-year-old made his archetypal quality successful Milwaukee County tribunal connected Friday, Nov. 25 – the time the transgression ailment was filed. Cash enslaved was acceptable astatine $50,000. The 10-year-old is expected to marque his adjacent tribunal quality astatine the Youth and Family Justice Center successful Milwaukee connected Dec. 7.