A 10-year-old Texas boy confessed to fatally shooting a man in his sleep two years ago, in accordance to the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office.
Brandon O’Quinn Rasberry, 32, used to be discovered useless on the Lazy J RV Park on Jan. 18, 2022 in his RV in Nixon, Texas, about 60 miles east of San Antonio, the sheriff’s administrative center mentioned in a news free up this week. An post-mortem decided that Rasberry used to be shot as soon as in the pinnacle, and the way of loss of life used to be murder.
The Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office mentioned it changed into acutely aware of the kid’s involvement in the shooting on April 12, when a primary on the Nixon Smiley Independent School District referred to as to file the 10-year-old for allegedly threatening “to assault and kill another student on a bus” the day prior to.
“A Deputy was dispatched to the school to take a report and complete an investigation,” the sheriff’s administrative center mentioned in the news free up. “When the Deputy arrived he spoke with school officials who informed the Deputy the child made a statement that he shot and killed a man two years ago.”
The boy used to be taken to a kid advocacy middle the place he used to be interviewed and supplied firsthand wisdom of Rasberry’s homicide. He instructed investigators that he used to be visiting his grandfather on Jan. 16, 2022 on the Lazy J RV Park when he took a 9 mm pistol from the glove compartment of his grandfather’s truck, entered Rasberry’s RV and shot him in the pinnacle whilst he used to be asleep, in accordance to the sheriff’s administrative center. He additionally mentioned he discharged the pistol all over again into the sofa inside of Rasberry’s RV prior to leaving.
“When asked, the child stated he had never met Brandon, and did not know who he was although he had observed him walking around the RV earlier in the day,” the sheriff’s administrative center mentioned. “The child was also asked if he was mad at Brandon for some reason or if Brandon had ever done anything to him to make him mad, the child stated no.”
Investigators discovered the weapon the kid mentioned he used to kill Rasberry at a pawn store in Seguin, Texas. A forensic research of two spent shell casings from the scene of the crime decided that the weapon used to be used in Rasberry’s homicide, the sheriff’s administrative center mentioned.
Murder fees may not be filed in opposition to the kid as a result of Texas legislation “states that a child does not have criminal culpability until they reach the age of ten years old,” in accordance to the sheriff’s administrative center. The kid used to be seven years outdated on the time of the homicide, only one week shy of his 8th birthday.
He used to be put on a 72 hour emergency detention and brought to a psychiatric sanatorium in San Antonio for analysis and remedy. The boy used to be then taken to the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office and booked in on a terroristic danger price for the varsity bus incident.
He is in custody in Gonzales County expecting his court docket date. It’s no longer transparent if the kid has an lawyer right now.
NBC News has reached out to the sheriff’s administrative center for extra information.
