A Kentucky man has been arrested after an argument over an Xbox controller ended with him shooting his own mother.
Wayne County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed (via NBC News) that 22-year-old Monticello resident Jacob R. Small has been charged with attempted murder, domestic violence, and second-degree criminal mischief.
Deputies were called about a gunshot victim being taken to the hospital around 8:30pm on Sunday, March 8 - Mother's Day. Around the same time authorities were informed that the alleged perpetrator was waiting for law enforcement at a neighbour's house.
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Deputy Jerry Meadows confirmed he went to the suspect's location to find Small, who claims he got into argument with his mother
“over an Xbox controller that he had given to her as a Mother’s Day gift".
Small then told authorities that when his mother and another woman left the residence, he fired into their car with a 22-caliber rifle, hitting his mother. Small took authorities to the location of the incident, and a rifle was recovered.
The mother was treated for her injuries at the Wayne County Hospital before being transferred to the University of Kentucky Hospital for further treatment, according to the news release. Her condition remains unknown.
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Small was arrested taken to Wayne County Detention Center. He remains in custody at the time of writing.
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