The 32-year-old’s body was discovered after he failed to show up to work for two days. He had been shot once in the head.<\/p>\n
The Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office said the child – who was seven at the time of the shooting and did not know Mr Rasberry – cannot be charged with the crime because of his age.<\/p>\n
According to Texas law, a child must be at least ten to have criminal culpability. The boy was later evaluated at a psychiatric hospital, and is being held in juvenile detention for a separate incident.<\/p>\n
Speaking to local news outlet KSAT, the victim’s father Kenneth Rasberry said: “This is a little boy, for reasons that I’m sure these counsellors and case managers and all of that, that’s going to pick that poor little boy’s brain apart.<\/p>\n
“He needs to be prayed on. He needs to be comforted… He’s forgiven. And he can still be saved. He’s so young. He’s definitely tormented by something.”<\/p>\n
Boy threatened to kill student<\/strong><\/p>\n The sheriff’s office said that they were called on 12 April over a boy threatening to assault and kill another student on a bus the day before.<\/p>\n When a deputy arrived at the school, he spoke with officials who told him that the child admitted he shot and killed a man in 2022.<\/p>\n After transporting him to an advocacy centre, he admitted to killing Mr Rasberry at the RV park and described the incident in detail.<\/p>\n According to the sheriff’s office, the child said he was visiting his grandfather – who lived near to Mr Rasberry – at Lazy J RV Park.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On 16 January, the child said he took a pistol from a glovebox in his grandfather’s truck, and then entered the RV belonging to Mr Rasberry. He then shot him once in the head.<\/p>\n As he was leaving the mobile home, the child fired another shot into a couch, before returning the firearm to the glovebox of the truck.<\/p>\n The child added he had never met Mr Rasberry and said he was not upset with him before the shooting.<\/p>\n He was placed on a 72-hour emergency detention, and was later transported to a psychiatric hospital in San Antonio for evaluation and treatment.<\/p>\n Upon release from the hospital, the child was booked in on charges relating to the school bus incident for terroristic threat and was placed in detention.<\/p>\n Source: \u00a0![\"Lazy](\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/04\/768x432\/skynews-nixon-texas-murder_6527412.png?20240420125924\")
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