A Grandmother was placed under arrested after she took action to repeated requests to stop putting cups on her good table.
Daily Mail UK reports that 75-year-old Helen Washington was arrested and faces second-degree assault charges after she shot her grandson for ignoring her repeated demands to stop putting cups on her table.
Police arrived to Washington’s Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, home last Friday to find her unnamed grandson in the front yard with a gunshot wound to his thigh, claiming his grandmother was the shooter.
Officers found a .38 Special revolver with five rounds of ammunition, one of which had been fired, and Washington was arrested at the scene.
Officers spoke with a minor at the scene who said he saw Washington get upset when her grandson refused to keep his cup off the furniture.
The minor said she then poured the tea out and left the room to apparently fetch the gun.
When she returned, her grandson had poured a new cup of tea, placing in on the furniture once more.
That’s when Washington pulled the gun out and shot her grandson in the leg, according to prosecutors.
While she was being arrested, the police complaint says Washington told officers that she didn’t think she should go to jail and asked them where the bullet had hit her grandson.
Before she heads to trial, Washington must undergo a hearing to determine whether or not she is competent to stand trial.