A 10-year-old boy has killed his mother because she would not buy him a virtual reality headset.
The boy is said to have logged into his mother’s Amazon account and ordered the headset the morning after she died.
The boy was charged as an adult last week with first-degree reckless homicide.
According to the criminal complaint, when the boy was first interviewed he said he was twirling the gun around his finger and it “accidentally went off.”
After killing his mom, the boy woke up his sister who then found their mother dead and called 911.
In a later interview, the boy told police he purposely aimed at his mom.
The boy’s relatives told detectives he has mental health issues.
Wisconsin law requires children as young as 10years old to be charged as adults for certain serious crimes, though the case could be moved to juvenile court.
