11-Year-Old Boy Gets Psych Eval After Younger Brother Shot In Head

BYHALIA, Miss. (AP) – An investigator says an 11-year-old in northern Mississippi was taken for a psychiatric evaluation after his 9-year-old brother was shot to death in their backyard.

Kelly McMillen with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that the two boys were home alone while their mother, who has custody, was at work Monday evening.

The family lives in Byhalia, and their father lives in nearby Olive Branch.

McMillen says the 11-year-old might eventually face charges, but none was brought by Tuesday. He says the younger boy had one gunshot wound to the head and one to the body, and they appeared to be from a .22-caliber gun.

McMillen says the older 11-year-old asked a neighbor for help and CPR was started but the younger boy died