The Oklahoma boy shot his grandmother in the head as she read a bad progress report that he received from school, officials say.
An 11-year-old Oklahoma boy came home to his grandmother's Tulsa apartment with a bad progress report from his school. He gave his grandmother the report and while she sat reading, authorities say he went to her room, grabbed a .22-caliber gun, before returning and shooting her in the back of the head. "All I saw was a big bang of a flash and heard it, and I knew I was shot in the back of my head," the grandmother, Annie Mougell-Walker told local station KOTV, after being treated at a local hospital. While Mougell-Walker, 42, was able to return home the same day of the shooting Monday wearing a neck brace, the bullet remained logged in her head, the New York Daily News reports. Her grandchild was arrested and charged with shooting with intent to kill, police told the Daily News. The boy initially told police that he was not involved in the shooting, which sent them scrambling to find the assailant. Investigators charged the boy after interviewing his grandmother at the hospital. "He got in trouble today at school, so when I got home I was gonna talk to him furthermore about it," Mougell-Walker told KOTV. The small caliber bullet may have saved Mougell-Walker's life. Authorities told the News that the shooting left Mougell-Walker with a small wound near the base of her skull where the bullet entered. Doctors were unable to remove the bullet but said that they believe it will successfully work itself out, Mougell-Walker said
Annie Mougell-Walker says she was going to talk to her grandson about him getting in trouble at school, but before she got her chance, she says the preteen blasted her. She was able to quickly call 911. The boy is now in custody and Mougell-Walker is in a neck brace, awaiting the bullet being removed from her head.
I hate to speculate but perhaps he shot her because she was gonna do more than talk.
The grandmother is lucky.