Teen Shoots Own Family For Telling Him To Get Up For School

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A U.S. teenager opened fire on his family for telling him to get out of bed and attend school.

The 16-year-old boy from Tennessee reacted badly to the request and went on to shoot his grandmother, 12-year-old sister and 6-year-old nephew. His mother escaped the onslaught by hiding behind the settee.

NBC News reports:

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The 16-year-old boy fired multiple shots inside an east Nashville apartment but nobody suffered life-threatening injuries, police said in a news release.

His grandmother, Earline Hill, 67, and mother, Sheryl Williams, 42, told officers that the teen got angry after they told him to get out of bed and get ready for school early Tuesday.

“He made threatening statements before retrieving a handgun from a closet,” the Metro Nashville Police Department release said. “His grandmother was struck at least twice; his nephew and sister suffered graze wounds. His mother was not injured. The teen’s 2-year-old sister was also present but not injured.”

The boy fled on foot, dropping the gun off at a nearby apartment, but was captured a short time later.

16 yr old in custody in this morning’s shootings of his grandmother and 2 siblings on Porter Rd. Victims’ wounds are not life threatening.

— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) March 1, 2016

The family was unaware that the 16-year-old, who attends Johnson Alternative Learning Center, had a gun in the home, police said.

He has so far refused to talk to detectives, but has been charged in a juvenile court with four counts of attempted homicide and one count of reckless endangerment.

#breaking 16 year old boy shoots grandma, 12 year old sister and 6 year old nephew @WSMV pic.twitter.com/Lg1lt4mNhj

— Kevin Trager (@KevinWSMV) March 1, 2016