A Wisconsin boy, 10 years old at the time of the shooting, is on trial for allegedly killing his mother because she refused to buy him a virtual reality headset on Amazon.
The boy has been charged with reckless first-degree murder and is ready to stand trial as an adult, Judge Jane Carroll ruled.
The 11-year-old boy, whose identity has not been made public, was assessed by two psychologists debated whether the boy was able to understand the nature of the crime and the allegations.
Judge Carroll decided that the boy would stand trial as an adult because he did not have a “major mental diagnosis” and could understand what was going on around him.
The child is accused of shooting his mother Quiana Mann, 44, from three feet away at their home in Milwaukee.
The boy, whose name has not been publicly released, fatally shot his mother Quiana Mann, 44, of Milwaukee (pictured), in the face in their home on Nov. 21, 2022, because she refused to buy him a VR headset.
The boy confessed to detectives that he was angry with his mother for waking him up 30 minutes early (at 6 a.m. instead of 6:30 a.m.) and not allowing him to purchase the headset from Amazon.
After shooting her in the house (pictured), he put the gun in the closet and told his 26-year-old sister that their mother was dead. His family said he had “anger issues” and heard five imaginary people. The child will be tried as an adult and faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted
He logged into his mother’s Amazon account the next day to buy himself an Oculus VR headset the next day, which was supposed to cost between $500 and $700 on Amazon. The boy told his grandmother that he was “sorry” for killing his mother, but then asked where his package was.
The child “knew his case was in adult court; he knew his case was a felony,” Milwaukee County Prosecutor Sara Waldschmidt said in court.
“He knew there were two kinds of cases – felonies and misdemeanors, and he knew it was serious,” the prosecutor continued, reported by Fox news.
The 11-year-old boy was in custody on $50,000 bond. If found guilty of the charges, he could face up to 60 years in prison.
The child initially claimed he accidentally shot his mother in the head, but later confessed that he took the gun from the key safe and pointed it at his mother before shooting her to death.
The child initially told police that the shooting was an accident. He claimed that Mann walked in front of him aiming for a wall to “scare” her, and that he accidentally shot her in the head, according to criminal charges obtained by police. Sentinel magazine.
He later confessed that he was angry with his mother for waking him up 30 minutes early (at 6 AM instead of 6:30 AM) and not allowing him to purchase the headset from Amazon. He then took the gun from the locker
According to the complaint, he deliberately aimed at his mother before shooting her at their home on 87th Street near Hemlock at around 7:00 a.m. on November 21.
The boy is one of Mann’s four children: Brianna, TJ, Brandon, and Noah. It is unclear which boy shot her.
Mann worked in behavioral health and had four children: Brianna, TJ, Brandon, and Noah. It is still unknown which boy shot her
After the shooting, he put the gun in the closet and told his older sister Brianna Moore, 26, that Mother, who worked in behavioral health, was dead. Moore then called 911.
The boy’s aunt and sister said he never cried or showed remorse and also physically assaulted his seven-year-old nephew the same day.
When he was four, the boy would swing the family’s puppy around by its tail, the complaint said. Six months ago, the family told police, the boy filled a balloon with a flammable liquid and set it on fire, causing an explosion that burned furniture and the carpet.
When asked why he did it, the boy said, “two sisters told him to do it.”
The boy told his family that he heard five imaginary people talking to him, who he said were two sisters, an old woman and two “mean” men.
Brianna also said in the complaint that her brother has had “anger issues” all his life and “gets very angry and behaves.”
Mann also placed cameras around the house, but he said the cameras were disconnected during the filming WISN. It is unclear who disabled the cameras.