An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of murdering his mother has been ordered to stand trial.

The boy is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. The district attorney’s office is seeking to try him as an adult. The court has ordered that the boy’s name not be revealed because he may still be tried as a child.

In July, the court found the boy competent, according to court records.

Milwaukee Detective Timothy Keller testified in court on Tuesday about speaking with the boy about his mother’s death.

The detective said he questioned the boy the next day and the then 10-year-old boy admitted shooting her but called it an accident, according to WISN.

“[The boy] stated that he took up a shooting stance and was pointing the gun at her as she was walking towards him and asking him to put it down. And that’s when he indicated that he fired the gun with his intent to scare her by shooting the wall behind her,” Keller testified.

“He had made a purchase on his mother’s Amazon account for some virtual reality goggles the morning after this homicide occurred. And [family] were concerned because he had had an argument with her about whether he could have these prior to the homicide,” Keller said.

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    1 year ago

    Would you put the neurodiverse into a gas chamber for being a burden on society, too?

    It’s honestly hilarious that you’re equating random NDs with a child that murdered his own mother and then ordered a VR headset on her Amazon account a day later.

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      1 year ago

      You’re missing the point. All I’m saying is that the punishment should fit the crime.

      The kid is a kid. Not innocent, but not deserving of the full weight of adult punishment.

      Worse yet, could the child be an undiagnosed ND? You and I don’t know. What if he is?