A judge ordered probation on Thursday for the teenager who fatally shot his father on December 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The accused is 16-year-old Lincoln Peterson. HIs mother said the deadly incident happened after the boy’s family took his electronics away because of his bad grades, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Thursday.
His parents reportedly believed he was “sneaking electronics” and a fight erupted.
“The teen said his mother had struck him with a belt, according to an adult certification order. He was running from his parents when he picked up a handgun sitting on top of a dryer and fired backward,” the article read. However, the teenager claimed he was unaware he hit someone.
Hellbound and Down 