American boy, 11, shoots 8-yr-old girl over puppy

fuad lawal

October 6, 2015 10:10 AM

An 11-year-old boy has been charged with first degree murder after he allegedly shot an eight year old girl in a row about a puppy on Saturday evening in White Pine.

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A boy, 11, is accused of killing McKayla Dyer near her home after asking to play with her dog. When she refused, he allegedly went back into his house, came back with his father's 12-gauge shotgun, and shot her in the chest at point blank range.

McKayla Dyer, 8, was found lying on the ground by her mother, Latasha Dyer, on Saturday October 3rd . She was taken to Morristown-Hamblen hospital, Tennessee, United States, where she later died.

“She was a precious little girl, she was a mommy’s girl, no matter how bad of a mood you were in she could always make you smile,"Latasha said.

According to ABC, Both children were White Pine Elementary students. The shooting wasn’t the first time their family had problems with the boy, according to Latasha Dyer.

She said:

“When we first moved to White Pine, the little boy was bullying McKayla,” Latasha Dyer said. “He was making fun of her, calling her names just being mean to her, I had to go the principal about him and he quit for a while and then all of a sudden yesterday he shot her.

I want her back in my arms, this is not fair, hold and kiss you’re babies every night because you’re never promised the next day with them. I hope the little boy learned his lesson because he took my baby’s life and I can’t get her back.”

fuad lawal