A troubled 14-year-old boy was arrested after he allegedly shot and killed his mom behind the top after she came upon he had nabbed a pill from one among her shoppers.
Havoc Leone alleged killed his 41-year-old mom, Theresa McIntosh, March 7 at their Chyenne, Wyoming house — and was charged with felony first-degree homicide the place he shall be tried as an grownup, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported.
McIntosh’s loss of life was initally investigated as a suicide. However after suspicions had been raised by cops and medical employees, Leone allegedly later admitted to cops that he shot his mother together with her personal gun after an argument over the stolen gadget, in response to the outlet, citing court docket paperwork.
Leone additionally allegedly instructed police that he had considered killing his mom on quite a lot of events previously when she had instructed him to do issues he didn’t wish to do, the paperwork stated.
The teenager — who had stolen different gadgets previously — overheard his mother and father arguing concerning the newest theft.
McIntosh referred to him as “retarded” and a “thief” which upset him.
At round 11:30 a.m. on the morning of the taking pictures, McIntosh instructed Leone to complete his homework whereas she did a puzzle in his room.
The mother-son duo started quarreling over the pill and McIntosh demanded the password which was written on a pocket book that the teenager retrieved and threw into the room, the 14-year-old instructed regulation enforcement.
The teenager tossed the pocket book on the bottom and went to seize the gun hidden in his bed room.
When his mother bent down to choose up the pocket book, he allegedly shot her behind the top, in response to court docket paperwork.
Leone’s father was taking part in video video games within the basement and stated he had heard a “pop” noise about fifteen minutes later, however believed it was the sound of a balloon popping as a result of carrying noise cancelling headphones.
About an hour later, Leone’s father went to the primary degree of the home, the place he noticed the teenager outdoors his bed room who stated he didn’t know what occurred that “it simply went off,” referring to the gun, The US Solar reported, citing a Laramie County Sheriff affidavit.
In response to court docket paperwork, Leone’s father administered first help to McIntosh, however she was unresponsive and referred to as 911.
A black Taurus 9mm handgun was discovered close to McIntosh’s physique which confused Leone’s father because it was normally stored in McIntosh’s automobile the place a loaded journal is stored within the gun, however by no means has a spherical chambered, in response to court docket docs.
The teenager initially claimed that his mother had handed him the firearm — however later stated he stole it from her automotive after getting right into a ‘huge battle’ over a math grade, Oil Metropolis Information reported per the court docket docs.
Leone’s father instructed cops his son knew how you can deal with and deal with firearms — including that he “is aware of to not level a firearm at somebody except he plans to shoot and kill them,” in response to the Tribune.
McIntosh was taken to a regional medical middle earlier than being airlifted to UC Well being in Fort Collins, Colorado the place she succumbed to her accidents later that day.
Workers on the hospital stated that the gunshot wound — which was behind and above McIntosh’s proper ear above her neck — didn’t seem like a “contact wound,” in step with suicide makes an attempt involving firearms and no exit wound was noticed, typical with a self-inflicted gunshot, the Tribune reported.
The grieving father instructed regulation enforcement, “I don’t wish to assume what I feel occurred…I don’t even wish to put it into phrases…and I don’t wish to assume that as a result of it’s actually f—ked up factor for a mum or dad to assume…”
“It’d be so much simpler to simply accept that she killed herself than my son tried to kill her,” he stated, in response to the court docket paperwork.
A $500,000 bond was set for the teenager, per Oil Metropolis Information.
