Tuesday, April 23, 2024

What Should Society Do With An 11-Year-Old Murderer?

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*I know, that’s one helluva question in the headline.

I am flabberghasted even as I ask it. But it comes to mind as I learn about the case of an 11-year-old boy who was talking with three girls through the window of his Tennessee mobile home.

Included in this assemblage, which took place on October 3, was 8-year old McKayla Dyer and her 11-year-old sister. They were having a conversation with the boy, who is said to have asked the girls to go and get their puppies.

And they declined.

According to documents, the boy — who was inside of his mobile home, walked away. But when he returned he had two guns: one a BB gun, and the other, a 12-gauge shotgun.

He “then announced to the girls that he had guns,” according to court documents. “The victim then laughed at [the boy], and stated that she believed they were not real.

“[The boy] then made certain the gun was loaded, cocked the hammer of the gun, and shot the victim just above the heart at a downward trajectory, from a distance of 3-5 feet from inside his window.”

McKayla fell backward and was later pronounced dead.

Read more at EURThisNthat.

 

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