The grandmother of the minor 21 who fatally shot his mother in Milwaukee because she refused to buy her a virtual reality headset on Amazon requested clemency for him and claimed that his grandson constantly heard voices in his head.
Lueritha Mann, mother of the deceased, identified as Quiana, of 44 years, told The Daily Beast that his grandson still hopes that Santa Claus will bring him a gift for Christmas.
The minor, whose identity has not been revealed due to his young, he will be tried as an adult.
At the moment, He is being held at a juvenile facility on $21,21 dollars.
“He said that Santa is going to bring him some things for Christmas,” the woman told the outlet.
“He said yesterday, ‘can we go to the house and decorate for Christmas?’ Put up the Christmas tree and decorate the outside of the house?’” Lueritha recounted. “If he can’t help, he wants us to go and do it. We told her that we could do it”, added the relative.
According to the woman, this type of activity was what the mother performed with him, the youngest of her four children, to help him with his psychiatric conditions.
“He always said that he heard voices,” the interviewee revealed to the outlet. “There are two girls inside his head telling him to do things. And he has an imaginary friend who tells him to do really bad things”, he explained.
According to the grandmother, particularly in the morning, the voices become more insistent.
“He said that his thoughts and everything begin to be generated at 5 or 6 in the morning”, added Lueritha. “Sometimes at 4 am,” he added.
In addition, the boy has difficulty sleeping and struggles to concentrate at school.
“He tries to do things well, but he can’t do them well,” he said. “And he’s been harassed a lot, really badly,” he said.
The woman pointed out that two years ago the minor fell from a swing at school and hit the back of his head, causing a concussion.
“So that was added to the mental illness and it just skyrocketed and made it worse,” Lueritha alleged. “It was bad. Some he had these episodes in which he was like mean to his mother, “she revealed.
In an incident six months ago, the boy filled a balloon with flammable liquid liquid and ignited it . This started a fire that spread across the carpet and into the living room before being extinguished. In that instance, the young man told his family that the two little girls told him to do it. As he described, one of the girls was an old woman and another was an unpleasant man.
Quiana took the minor to a therapist who diagnosed him with severe mental illness. The established disease is unclear.
The suspect is facing charges of first degree manslaughter for the incident reported on 21 November at about 7 am
The child allegedly committed the crimes with a weapon owned by the victim after the victim refused to order an “Oculus Virtual Reality” helmet from Amazon. The day after shooting him in the face, the minor allegedly accessed his mother’s account and purchased the item.
Under 44 years old shot his mother in the face in Milwaukee because she didn’t buy her a virtual reality headset on Amazon