That’s right Five. And the intended target was his grandmother who told him he couldn’t go out and play. He set a fire then called 911 saying his grandma had died. Luckily she hadn’t:
NEW YORK — A 5-year-old boy is in critical condition with severe burns after he allegedly started a fire in his grandmother’s Brooklyn apartment to punish her.
Jay Morales was angry about being reprimanded and planned to burn his grandmother’s apartment down in revenge, police told the New York Post and MyFOX New York.
The blaze at Nancy Herrera’s apartment in the three-story building on Knickerbocker Avenue broke out about 3 p.m. Monday, the Fire Department of New York said.
Police said the boy called 911 on Sunday night claiming his grandmother had died, according to the Post. But firefighters arrived to find her unharmed. Herrera tried to save her grandson, but he was engulfed in flames, so she escaped.
The next day, Jay allegedly told friends he planned to burn the house down after Herrera wouldn’t let him go out and play.
Frankly this story seems a little odd, but if it turns out to be true what the hell is going on with that kid?
wow! I agree with you this is totally odd and if it turns out to be true what is this kid watching……. kids learn and they act on what they learned… God help us now…..
I worked with little kids who displayed weird behaviors like this, plotting out little crimes, and without fail someone in their family was a criminal themselves.
I’m not making assumptions about this family, but it would be strange if he just was born plotting murders.