‘I have a heinous crime’: Man asked 911 to call the ‘whole thing off’ after killing his ‘arguing’ mother, saying she was actually alive in her pottery studio, police say

An Arizona antheral dialed 911 aft allegedly shooting his mother, past helium seemingly changed his caput and said she was conscionable successful her pottery studio.

Aaron Morse, 51, was charged with second-degree execution aft constabulary said helium shot and killed his mother, 74-year-old Susan Morse, connected April 16. According to tribunal documents obtained by KTVK, a section CBS affiliate, officers responded to a 911 telephone made by Aaron Morse that afternoon. Aaron Morse spoke with dispatchers portion sitting extracurricular waiting for police, past asked if helium could telephone “the full happening off,” KTVK reported.

KSAZ, a section Fox affiliate, besides obtained the tribunal documents, which classified the telephone from Aaron Morse arsenic an “unknown occupation call.” During the call, the suspect reportedly besides told dispatchers that helium and his parent had conscionable had an statement and that thing was incorrect — she was conscionable successful her pottery studio.

When constabulary arrived astatine the residence, they recovered Susan Morse with a gunshot coiled to her head.

She was taken to a adjacent hospital, wherever she was aboriginal pronounced dead.

Aaron Morse allegedly changeable his mother, past reportedly placed the limb successful immoderate Tupperware aft unloading it. He did not supply dispatchers with immoderate accusation astir the statement helium claimed to person had with his mother.

During his archetypal tribunal appearance, prosecutors said that Aaron Morse has a past with alcohol. Documents stated that officers reportedly smelled intoxicant connected the fishy erstwhile they responded to the scene. They besides asked him what happened earlier the alleged shooting, to which helium responded, “Arguing.”

Aaron Morse besides had humor connected his hands and shoes, constabulary stated. The documents besides stated that Aaron Morse asked astir the process helium was astir to spell through. When the constabulary told him that a justice would decide, Aaron Morse reportedly said, “Probably not. I person a heinous crime.”

Aaron Morse was booked into the Maricopa County Jail connected 1 number of second-degree execution and 1 number of tampering with evidence.

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