Boy accused of killing eight-year-old girl who refused to let him see her puppy

An 11-year-old boy faces a murder charge after witnesses say he killed his eight-year-old neighbor because she would not let him see her puppy.  The girl's mother said  her girl was playing outside when the next-door neighbor asked to see the puppy. the girl by the name McKayla  told the boy “no” and the boy then shot her.

Sheriff Bud McCoig of Jefferson County said the boy used his father’s 12-gauge shotgun to kill McKayla from inside his home. Deputies called to the scene on Saturday in White Pine found McKayla on the ground with a chest wound. She was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.