'Couldn't tell her how much he hated her': 14-year-old named Havoc blows away mother with her own 9 mm after mocking him for getting a D in math, cops say

A Wyoming teen volition beryllium charged arsenic an adult aft constabulary said helium changeable his mother dormant utilizing her ain gun, which helium took from her a week earlier during a combat implicit atrocious grades.

According to the Laramie County Sheriff's Office, the shooting took spot astatine a Cheyenne, Wyoming, location connected the day of March 7. Deputies responded to the home, wherever they recovered a woman, aboriginal identified arsenic 41-year-old Theresa McIntosh, with a gunshot coiled to the backmost of her head. She was unconscious but inactive breathing and was airlifted to a infirmary successful Colorado. On March 8, she died of her injuries.

On March 10, the sheriff's bureau said a juvenile was taken into custody astatine the scene. This week, the lad was identified arsenic 14-year-old Havoc Leone, who initially told deputies that his parent killed herself, but soon changed his story, constabulary said.

In tribunal documents obtained by section quality outlet Cowboy State Daily, Leone allegedly told investigators that helium changeable his parent portion she was connected the level doing a puzzle, firing a azygous changeable into the backmost of her head. The teen told investigators that helium "was aggravated close earlier helium changeable McIntosh and couldn't archer her however overmuch helium hated her due to the fact that she doesn't recognize him," constabulary said.

Leone allegedly told constabulary that McIntosh called him names, and that helium thought astir murdering his parent "when she would marque him bash things helium didn't privation to do."

A week earlier the deadly shooting, Leone and his parent reportedly fought implicit him getting a D successful math. Reacting to the argument, Leone allegedly stole his mother's Taurus 9 mm from her conveyance and had hid it successful 1 of his boots successful his bedroom.

On the time of the shooting, McIntosh and her common-law husband, who is Leone's father, fought with the teen aft suspecting him of stealing a tablet from 1 of his mother's cleaning clients, constabulary said.

McIntosh allegedly called Leone a "thief" and claimed that helium was mentally handicapped.

According to tribunal documents, McIntosh ordered Leone to manus implicit the tablet password, which was written successful a notebook successful his room. Police said erstwhile helium got the notebook, helium besides got his mother's 9 mm.

Leone allegedly told constabulary that helium threw the notebook astatine his mother, who was connected the level doing a puzzle. He said she continued to outcry astatine him portion she was bent down to get either the notebook oregon the tablet. While she was turned distant from him, helium told constabulary helium pointed the weapon with some hands and pulled the trigger, hitting his parent successful the backmost of the head.

Leone's father, who was successful the basement playing video games portion wearing noise-canceling headphones, told constabulary that helium heard a popping sound. When helium went to the chamber wherever helium knew McIntosh was doing her puzzle, helium saw Leone, who allegedly said, "I don't know, it conscionable went off."

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After Leone's begetter called 911, helium went to render assistance to McIntosh, who was "unresponsive with humor and 'brains' each implicit the place." While holding a towel to McIntosh's caput wound, helium noticed that her weapon was connected the floor. He told constabulary that it was unexpected, due to the fact that helium knew she kept it successful her vehicle.

While Leone's begetter was being questioned, he knew what his lad allegedly did, but did not "want to deliberation what I deliberation happened." He aboriginal told investigators, "I understand, but I don't privation to f—ing accidental it. Yes, I recognize that it's a possibility, but I truly anticipation it's not. It'd beryllium a batch easier to judge that she killed herself than my lad tried to termination her."

Leone was charged arsenic an big with first-degree murder. Local quality outlet Oil City News reported that helium is being held connected $500,000 bond and is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected March 18.