An 11-year-old boy is charged with murder after he fatally shot his 8-year-old neighbor, police said, and neighbors say it was because the girl wouldn't let him see her dog.
Deputies were called to White Pine on Saturday night where they found MaKayla Dyer on the ground with a gunshot wound to the chest. She was taken to a hospital, where she later died.
Police have not disclosed a motive, but neighbors said the boy shot the MaKayla, who was outside, from his bedroom.
MaKayla was playing across the street with neighbors — outside the boy's home — when she and the boy had a conversation through an open window, said Chasity Arwood, a neighbor.
"He asked the little girl to see her puppies. She said no and laughed and then turned around, looked at her friend and said, 'Let's go get the --' and never got 'puppies' out." The boy had shot MaKayla with a shotgun, Arwood said.
"Seeing a baby laying there and not being able to help — it is really heartbreaking. I mean, it is. It's heartbreaking," she said.
Latasha Dyer told WATE-TV her daughter was playing outside when the next-door neighbor asked to see the puppy. McKayla told the boy "no," and he shot her, Dyer said.
"She was a precious little girl. She was a mommy's girl. No matter how bad of a mood you were in she could always make you smile," Dyer told the station. "I want her back in my arms."
A neighbor,
“It breaks my heart because it’s my niece and daughter's best friend," said Edwards.
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