US boy, 10, is accused of fatally shooting mother after she refused to buy him a VR headset from Amazon | Business Insider

, was doing laundry in the basement when her son came down and fatally shot her at close range, with the bullet entering her right eye and exiting the back of her head.

According to the complaint, the boy told investigators that the gun"accidentally went off" when he was twirling it around his finger.The boy admitted in later interviews with authorities that he retrieved the gun because he was angry at his mother for waking him up at 06:00, when he usually woke up at 06:30, according to the complaint. He also told police she"would not allow him to have something from Amazon that he wanted to have.

The boy admitted that he got his mother's keys to her gun lockbox the night before, per the complaint. The 10-year-old told investigators he wanted to"scare" his mother by shooting the wall behind her,The day after his mother's death, the boy bought an Oculus Virtual Reality Headset on her Amazon account, his sister told investigators.

The boy was then taken to his grandmother's house, where he saw her crying and, according to the complaint, said"without any empathy or compassion":"I'm really sorry for what happened. I'm sorry for killing my mom.'" The boy's sister told police that he had long had"rage issues." According to the complaint, the boy's sister said a therapist gave the boy a"concerning diagnosis," but no further details were revealed.

BISouthAfrica Why do kids in America have such ease of access to guns? Do they not lock that in a safe?

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