Man blew away mom from behind while she sat in her recliner playing video games on her laptop: Police

A Missouri antheral has been accused of fatally shooting his mother successful an onslaught she allegedly ne'er saw coming.

Joey Skaggs, 54, was charged with first-degree murder and equipped transgression enactment aft constabulary said helium killed his 72-year-old mother. In a press release, the St. Francois County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a location successful the Lake Hanna Development successful Ironton, Missouri, connected Saturday astatine 5:23 p.m. When they arrived, they recovered the pistillate with "head trauma" that was determined to beryllium a gunshot wound. The pistillate was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Skaggs, the woman's son, was seen walking down a road adjacent the development, constabulary said. He lived successful a antithetic gathering there.

According to a probable origin statement obtained by section Fox affiliate KTVI, constabulary said Skaggs was collecting scrap metallic with his stepfather connected the Lake Hanna Development spot earlier the shooting. Investigators said that astir 3 p.m., Skaggs went to the location wherever his parent and stepfather lived and retrieved a .22-caliber firearm from the kitchen.

Skaggs reportedly told constabulary that helium could spot his parent from the kitchen. She was sitting successful a recliner successful the surviving country portion playing video games connected her laptop. According to the statement, Skaggs said helium stood 3 oregon 4 feet down his parent earlier helium changeable her successful the caput with the rifle. He past allegedly fled connected foot. Police aboriginal recovered the firearm and a ammunition casing.

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Police did not supply details astir a imaginable motive.

Skaggs was arrested without incidental and booked into the St. Francois County Adult Detention Center, wherever helium is being held without bond. His archetypal tribunal quality is scheduled for Tuesday.