Boy, 7, finally CONFESSES to shooting dead a 32-year-old man in his sleep two years ago – as cops reveal why he WON’T face charges
A boy has confessed to shooting a 32-year-old stranger while he slept in a Texas trailer park two years ago, when he was just seven years old.
The unnamed child, now 10, was arrested this month after his school principal reported him to police for allegedly threatening to “attack and kill another student on a bus.”
He was subsequently interviewed and admitted to shooting and killing 32-year-old Brandon O’Quinn Rasberry, who was found dead on January 18, 2022, at the Lazy J RV Park in Nixon.
The boy will not be charged with murder due to his age, but was taken to a psychiatric facility for evaluation and treatment.
Rasberry’s father Kenneth told KSAT, “He is forgiven. And he can still be saved. He’s so young. He must be tormented by something.”
Brandon O’Quinn Rasberry, 32, was found dead on January 18, 2022, at the Lazy J RV Park in Nixon.
He was found dead in his RV with a single gunshot wound to the head, the cause of death being ruled homicide
Rasberry was found dead in his RV with a single gunshot wound to the head, the cause of death being ruled homicide.
For more than two years, police struggled to find a suspect and his family was forced to start their own investigation. They wrote, “We will leave no stone unturned in our search for the truth about what happened to you, Brandon Rasberry.”
He had moved to the park just days before his death and was working at Holmes Food in Nixon. His body was found after he missed work for two days.
As police struggled to find a suspect, his family was left “incredibly heartbroken” by his death, labeling him as a “special soul, kind, giving and loving.”
This month, a principal at the Nixon Smiley Independent School District called the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office to report a child for allegedly threatening to “assault and kill another student on a bus.”
When police questioned the principal, they told them that the “kid made a statement that he had shot and killed a man two years ago.”
The boy was then taken to a child protection center, where he was interviewed by officers and revealed that he had first-hand knowledge of Rasberry’s murder.
He told officers he was staying at the RV park with his grandfather when he grabbed a 9mm handgun from the glove compartment of his grandfather’s truck, entered Rasberry’s RV and shot him in the head while he slept.
He then shot the couch in his RV and put the gun back in the glove compartment.
He said he did not know Rasberry, but had seen him walking around the park earlier that day, and said he had no reason to dislike him.
For more than two years, police struggled to find a suspect and his family was forced to start their own investigation
The child was arrested this month after his school principal reported him to police for threatening to “attack and kill another student on a bus.”
He has not been charged with murder as he was only seven at the time and Texas law does not allow criminal liability before the age of 10.
The sheriff’s office said, “When asked, the child stated that he had never met Brandon and did not know who he was, although he had seen him walking around the RV earlier in the day.
“The child was also asked if he was angry with Brandon for any reason or if Brandon had ever done anything to him to make him angry. The child replied no.’
Investigators then found the gun at a pawn shop in Seguin, Texas, and shell casings at the scene matched the weapon.
The child was taken to a psychiatric hospital in San Antonio for evaluation and treatment and then to the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office, where a terroristic threat charge was filed for the school bus incident.
He has not been charged with murder as he was only seven at the time and Texas law does not allow criminal liability before the age of 10.
Rasberry’s family was surprised to learn their son’s killer was a child.
The victim’s father, Kenneth, told KSAT, “This is not anywhere the suspect we thought it was. This is a little boy, for reasons that I’m sure these counselors and case managers and the like will pick that poor little boy’s brain apart.
‘He needs to be prayed for. He needs to be comforted. He is forgiven. And he can still be saved. He’s so young. He must be tormented by something.”