Attorneys for a 10-year-old Wisconsin boy accused ofshooting his mother to deathhas requested that the child’s bail be lowered from $50,000 to $100 — or roughly the money he has in his “piggy banks.”
During a hearing last Wednesday, attorney Angela Cunningham asked that the boy’s bond be lowered.
Prosecutors say that the boy killed his mother after she refused to buy him an expensive virtual reality gaming system.
The child allegedly used Mann’s keys to remove the gun from her locked gun safe at about 7 a.m. on Nov. 21. He allegedly told detectives he’d taken the gun out because he was angry Mann had woken him up 30 minutes early and because he was upset she would not let him buy the headset from Amazon.
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One day after the killing, he logged into his deceased mother’s Amazon account to buy the Oculus Virtual Reality Headset anyway, the complaint alleges.
After the shooting, the child initially told police he’d shot his mom accidentally, per the complaint. He was allowed to stay home with his family at that point. However, the next day, relatives called police with concerns about whether the 10-year-old was telling the truth. According to the complaint, he allegedly later told his aunt he had “actually [been] aiming the gun at his mother.”
A family member also told investigators the little boy “has five different imaginary people that talk to him.” These imaginary people are described as two sisters, an old lady, and two men, the complaint states.
The child has been charged as an adult with first-degree reckless homicide and an alternative charge of first-degree intentional homicide. He is currently being held on $50,000 bond and he has not yet entered a plea.
Attorneys for the boy did not return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
