Arizona boy, 11, kills grandma before killing self after being asked to clean room

[zenkai]

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An 11-year-old boy in Arizona fatally shot his grandmother in the back of the head Saturday evening and then turned the gun on himself after she asked the boy to clean his room, police said.

Doyle Hebert, who along with his wife Yvonne Woodard, 65, had custody of their 11-year-old grandson. Herbert told authorities that his grandson fired a bullet into the back of his grandmother's head, FOX 10 reported. Herbert was sitting on the couch at the time, the report said.

Hebert told police that he first chased after his grandson, but heard another gunshot when he went back to tend to his wife, The Arizona Republic reported. The boy had turned the gun on himself.

The weapon reportedly belonged to the grandfather.

Authorities are investigating the incident that occurred at a home in Litchfield Park, AZ., which is about 21 miles east of the state’s capital. Police said they have found nothing that would indicate the boy wanted to commit acts of violence prior to the shooting, the station reported.

That poor grandfather.

[Themius]

How did the boy get the gun

[XangXu]

Did he still have to clean his room?

[ParanoiD84]

Cleaning is hard work.

[Eleccybubb]

Never understood why America allows individuals such easy access to guns but eh....

Can't say I ever wanted to kill myself or a family member when I was told to clean my room as a kid.

[Independent voter]

What a tragedy.

RIP

[Irian]

Why the hell does an 11 year old have access to a gun, let alone understands how to load and shoot it?

[ParanoiD84]

Stupid kid is stupid, at that age you know that's a bad idé so dont give me that age thing, not once have i ever though of killing myself to get of cleaning so obviously he was not right in the head. No Gun and he would have stabbed them to death. You can see it was very imortant to get of cleaning duty.

[Grimbold21]

Clearly an alt right incel in the making

[haxartus]

Never understood why America allows individuals such easy access to guns but eh....

Because they like guns. That's it. It's not much more complicated than this.

[Weeps]

You mean to tell me having a gun in the home increases the possibility of a killing?

In other words, you get wet when you go in the water? Incredible epiphany I'm having today.

[Katchii]

What a tragedy. I don't think you could really punish the grandfather more than he's already being punished right now. But the whole situation happened from negligence. He's a terrible gun owner. I do wonder what else happened in the house, and to the boy, to warrant him turning a gun on his grandmother for asking him to clean his room and then commit suicide.

[Slant]

That poor grandfather.

LOL, why? It was his weapon. He wanted this. He'll have a long and lonely life ahead of him to think about his error.

[Varitok]

Land of the free.

[Deleted]

How did the boy get the gun

There are more civilian owned guns than there are actual civilians in the US, so pretty much anyone, anywhere can get their hands on a gun with little or no trouble. 11 year olds included.

[Usagi Senshi]

Did he still have to clean his room?

Fucking hell, LOL. That's terrible!

Why the hell does an 11 year old have access to a gun, let alone understands how to load and shoot it?

I've owned a shotgun since I was 10 and was taught proper gun control, rules, and hunter safety at the time.

[Halyon]

How did the boy get the gun

I would love to know this as well.

What even... So many whats.

[Jibjub]

That sounds a bit fishy, Doyle!

[Culex]

Inb4 it was actually the grandfather that killed them both.

[Daedius]

What a pathetic little cunt. Bet he was in the middle of playing a game, like Fortnite, when asked to clean his room.