WHITE PINE, Tennessee — An eleven-year-old boy was arrested on first-degree murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed his 8-year-old neighbor.
The shooting occurred Saturday night, White Pine Police and Jefferson County EMS responded.
McKayla Dyer was found lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to her chest, her mother told reporters.
She was taken to the hospital, where she later died.
From WATE: Latasha Dyer said her daughter was outside playing when her next door neighbor, an 11-year-old boy, asked to see her puppy. She said her daughter told the boy “no” and shortly after the 11-year-old boy shot her.
The shooting wasn’t the first time their family had problems with the boy, according to Latasha Dyer. “When we first moved to White Pine, the little boy was bullying McKayla,” Latasha Dyer said. “He was making fun of her, calling her names just being mean to her, I had to go the principal about him and he quit for a while and then all of a sudden yesterday he shot her.”
Investigators recovered a 12-gauge shotgun and a BB pistol. The boy is in police custody and charged with first degree murder.
An investigation in ongoing. The name of the boy has not been released.
(Photo source: WBIR)
