That was in my local paper! And on the local news! I live in western Pennsylvania! 8D
Oh my goodness! I just read the full article. I live 35 miles north of Pittsburgh. O:
I live awefully close to where this occured.
Okay, ANYWAY...
I didn't really watch the local news report, but I think the grandmother or someone was making a fuss about, "He's only 11 years old! He's not capable of such an act! This is an outrage!" type of thing. :/ I only saw the preview for the report.
I'll see if I can dig up some info on the case. My mom is a prosecutor in the area, and I'll ask her if there's any new developments. [And I'll ask her if it's strictly confidental first.]
EDIT: Okay, I talked to my mom. The case is being tried about a county away from me. My mom's best friend [Who works with her - they're both prosecutors] - well, her best friend's HUSBAND got called to the crime scene and is doing the case.
I got some juicy details that haven't been released yet. O:
But I'll be good and not post them.
But his motive was jealousy - the kid didn't want to share his dad.
And it was a hunting gun. It's not uncommon in western PA for younger kids to hunt. There's kids in the newspaper, 8 - 9 years old, holding up deer heads all the time. Our school has a thing every year where kids bring in pictures of their best 'catch', and the higest pointer gets a prize. [I don't hunt, though I have a lot of friends that do. So I don't really know the 'lingo' for hunting, lol.]
That's all I can say for now.