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The Boy Reportedly Used His Father’s Shotgun To Kill The Girl
As the country continues to mourn the mass murder at Umpqua Community College, another senseless gun-related tragedy has shattered the national consciousness. An 11-year-old boy from Eastern Tennessee was arrested on Monday for murder after police sai
d he shot and killed his 8-year-old neighbor, Maykayla Dyer, using his father’s 12-guage shotgun because she refused to show him her two new puppies. “You need to put that away before somebody gets shot,” Maykayla told the boy, according to the manager of the White Pine mobile home park where both lived. Dyer’s mother said the boy had bullied her daughter in the past and she’d complained to their school principal about the teasing. The unidentified boy has been charged with first-degree murder as a juvenile. During his Oct. 28 hearing a judge will determine whether he should be tried as a juvenile or adult.