Milwaukee boy, 10, charged with murdering his MOM ‘for refusing to buy him a VR headset’ 

A 10-year-old boy has been charged with murder for shooting his mother in the face at point-blank range while doing laundry because she refused to buy him a virtual reality headset.

The boy is accused of shooting Quiana Mann, 44, from three feet away at her home in Milwaukee.

A day later, he used his Amazon account to buy himself an Oculus VR headset, which costs between $130 and $500, before telling his grandmother he was “sorry” for killing his mother and asking where his Amazon package was.

The boy who, according to family members, has “anger issues” and listens to imaginary people, has been charged with first degree reckless homicide and will be tried as an adult.

The boy initially told police the shooting was an accident. She claimed that Mann had walked in front of him while she was pointing at a wall to “scare” her, and that she accidentally shot him in the head, according to criminal charges obtained by police. Journal Sentinel.

He later said in a second interview, however, that he intentionally targeted his mother before shooting her at her home on 87th Street near Hemlock around 7 a.m. on November 21. The boy is one of Mann’s four children: Brianna, TJ, Brandon, and Noah. It is not clear which boy shot him.

After the shooting, he put the gun away in the closet and told his older sister, Brianna Moore, 26, that their mother, who worked in mental health, was dead, the complaint said. Moore then called 911.

Wisconsin law requires children as young as 10 to be charged as adults with certain felonies, though the child’s attorneys may try to move the case to juvenile court.

He is currently being held in a juvenile detention center.

According to the complaint, the boy initially told officers that he took the gun from his mother’s bedroom and went to the basement, where she was doing laundry. He said she was spinning the gun around her finger when she fired herself.

The boy was allowed to stay with the family, and an initial police statement said the shooting was caused by a boy “playing” with a gun.

A day later, concerned relatives called the police.

The boy’s aunt said that when she picked up the boy, he recovered a set of house keys that contained a key to the gun safe. When her aunt asked about the shooting, the boy said he pointed the gun at her mother and she told him to leave it.

After shooting him in the house (pictured), he put the gun in the closet and told his 26-year-old sister that their mother was dead. Her family said she had “anger issues” and heard from five imaginary people. The boy will be tried as an adult and faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted.

The boy’s aunt and sister said he never cried or showed remorse and had also physically attacked his seven-year-old cousin on the same day.

The boy’s family said he has “troubling” mental health issues and has exhibited disruptive behavior in the past.

When he was four years old, the boy allegedly swung the family puppy by its tail, the complaint says. 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 the furniture and carpet.

When asked why he did it, the boy said that “two sisters told him to do it.”

The boy told his family that he hears five imaginary people talking to him, which he said are two sisters, an old woman and two ‘bad’ men.

Brianna also said in the complaint that her brother has had “anger issues” his entire life and he becomes “very angry and acts out.”

Mann also installed cameras in the house, but the cameras went offline during the shooting, according to WISN. It is unclear who disabled the cameras.

After learning these new details, Milwaukee police re-interviewed the boy. This time, he told detectives that he pointed the gun at his mother with both hands while she was in the firing position.

He said he tried to shoot a wall to “scare” her when she walked in front of him and he shot her, the complaint says.

The boy told police he took the gun out of the safe that morning because his mother woke him up early, at 6 a.m. instead of 6:30 a.m., and because she wouldn’t let him buy the headphones on Amazon.

The kid wanted an Oculus virtual reality headset, which ranges from $130 to nearly $500 on Amazon. He logged into his mother’s account the day after the shooting and bought the headphones and then, allegedly without remorse, told his grandmother that he was “sorry for killing my mother” and then asked where his package was.

The boy’s lawyer, Angela Cunningham, called the shooting an “absolute family tragedy” and said she did not believe anyone would deny or disagree with that.’

However, he did not believe that the adult system was “equipped to address the needs of a 10-year-old child.”

It is not clear if he plans to file a petition to transfer the case to juvenile court.

The boy is expected to appear in court on December 8 and is being held on $50,000 bond.

He could face up to 60 years in prison if convicted as an adult.

His mother’s funeral is set for Friday and according to a GoFundMeshe will be remembered as ‘compassionate, loving and kind’.

‘Quiana was loved and loved by all who knew her; just her smile could light up a room.