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.
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.”
Quiana Mann.GoFundMe
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 boy recently received a “concerning diagnosis” from a therapist, leading Mann to place cameras around the home, the complaint says, according to documents from a therapist. Unfortunately, someone unplugged the cameras before the shooting.
“He’s always said that he hears voices,” the child’s grandmother, Lueritha Mann,toldTheDailyBeast. “We tried helping her with him,” Lueritha also told theBeast. “All of us, everybody that knows her, even her church people. We all tried helping her with him because we knew he had a mental illness.”
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Mann, who worked in behavioral health, had four children.A GoFundMe her family set upto help with funeral expenses says Mann had a “spirit of giving” and “a love for God that shined so brightly it superseded any pain she may have experienced.”
The 10-year-old is being charged with first-degree reckless homicide and is being held on $50,000 bail. If convicted of the charges, he could face up to 60 years in prison.
Milwaukee police tell PEOPLE in a statement that the department is still “investigating the fatal shooting … that occurred on Monday, November 21, 2022, at approximately 6:50 a.m.”
“MPD would like to remind the public to keep firearms secured with a gun lock and out of the reach of children,” the police spokesperson says.
For more information on safe firearm storage and the most effective ways to protect children from unsecured firearms, visitBeSMARTforkids.org.
source: people.com
