A gadget-obsessed 10-year-old boy has mourned his mother after she refused to buy her a new Amazon virtual reality headset.
A boy has been charged as an adult with first-degree reckless murder in the November 21 shooting of Quiana Mann, 44, the mother of four children, in the basement of her Milwaukee home.
According to the criminal complaint, the boy stole his mother’s keys, took a gun out of a locked box, and then shot and killed her while she was doing laundry, WISN reported.
In her first interview, Mann’s sister Rhonda Reid told local news station TMJ4 that the boy had been diagnosed with a mood disorder and that his therapist recommended he reduce his access to video games.
“He was upset that these (electronic) devices were taken away,” Reid told TMJ4.
The boy then used his mother’s Amazon account to purchase an Oculus virtual reality headset, according to the criminal complaint.
Reid said she struggled to understand how her nephew planned the shooting the night before, as prosecutors allege.
Kiana Mann, 44, mother of four, shot dead by 10-year-old son, police say
(Facebook/Kiana Mann)
Now detained in a juvenile facility, the boy appears to have stopped the shooting, Reed said. TMJ4.
“He called and he was like, ‘Make sure my tablet and laptop and all my stuff is packed,'” she told the station. rice field.
Mann’s mother Leelisa Mann told TMJ4 She is unable to speak to her grandson and agrees that he should be charged as an adult as required by state law.
“He has to pay for what he did,” Louelisa Mann told the network.
Kiana Mann’s mother Leelisa Mann says she’s having trouble accepting her daughter’s death
(TMJ4)
According to a GoFundMe page set up by her family, Quiana Mann was a beloved mother who works in the field of behavioral science.
“She had her love for God shining so brightly that it replaced any pain she might have experienced. She was caring, loving and kind,” said the family in tribute. has said.
Police said in a criminal complaint that the boy had initially told authorities he had “accidentally fired” the gun while he was twirling it with his finger.
However, in a subsequent interview, the boy admitted to shooting his mother, police said.
“His mother didn’t allow him to get what he wanted from Amazon,” he said.
He also admitted that he retrieved the gun because he was angry with her for waking him up at 6:00 a.m., even though he normally sleeps until 6:30 a.m.
The boy is scheduled to appear in court in January and faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted of murder.
