A troubled 14-year-old boy was arrested after he allegedly shot and killed his mom at the back of the pinnacle after she came upon he had nabbed a pill from one in all her shoppers.
Havoc Leone allegedly killed his 41-year-old mom, Theresa McIntosh, March 7 at their Chyenne, Wyoming residence — and was charged with felony first-degree homicide the place he will probably be tried as an grownup, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported.
McIntosh’s loss of life was initally investigated as a suicide. However after suspicions have been raised by cops and medical employees, Leone allegedly later admitted to cops that he shot his mother along with her personal gun after an argument over the stolen gadget, in response to the outlet, citing courtroom paperwork.
Leone additionally allegedly informed police that he had considered killing his mom on numerous events up to now when she had informed him to do issues he didn’t need to do, the paperwork stated.
The teenager — who had stolen different gadgets up to now — 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 capturing, McIntosh informed 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 informed legislation 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 select up the pocket book, he allegedly shot her at the back of the pinnacle, in response to courtroom paperwork.
Leone’s father was enjoying 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 sporting noise cancelling headphones.
About an hour later, Leone’s father went to the primary degree of the home, the place he noticed the teenager exterior 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 keeping with courtroom paperwork, Leone’s father administered first assist to McIntosh, however she was unresponsive and known as 911.
A black Taurus 9mm handgun was discovered close to McIntosh’s physique which confused Leone’s father because it was often saved in McIntosh’s car the place a loaded journal is saved within the gun, however by no means has a spherical chambered, in response to courtroom docs.
The teenager initially claimed that his mother had handed him the firearm — however later stated he stole it from her automobile after getting right into a ‘large combat’ over a math grade, Oil Metropolis Information reported per the courtroom docs.
Leone’s father informed cops his son knew the way to deal with and deal with firearms — including that he “is aware of to not level a firearm at somebody until 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.
Employees 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,” according to suicide makes an attempt involving firearms and no exit wound was noticed, typical with a self-inflicted gunshot, the Tribune reported.
The grieving father informed legislation enforcement, “I don’t need to suppose what I feel occurred…I don’t even need to put it into phrases…and I don’t need to suppose that as a result of it’s actually f—ked up factor for a mother or father to suppose…”
“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 courtroom paperwork.
A $500,000 bond was set for the teenager, per Oil Metropolis Information.
