9-year-old boy charged in mother's shooting death
A 9-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his mother in Fawn River Township, St. Joseph County about 160 miles west-southwest of Detroit.
The boy also is charged with using a firearm during the commission of a felony. Documents filed Tuesday in St. Joseph County Circuit Court show the woman was shot with a rifle.
The Associated Press is not identifying the victim because to do so would identify the juvenile suspect. The boy was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation at a state-run juvenile facility.
Alecia Pieronski of Sturgis told WWMT-TV that the boy threatened to stab her 8-year-old daughter to death in February last year. Pieronski said she told their elementary school principal but that nothing was done.
https://www.apnews.com/a89d72adbfee4ccf92957e244a3e2047
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