California mom says 10-year-old fatally shot her son after losing bike race
A 10-year-old boy who was shot over the weekend died because the suspect, also 10, angrily opened fire after losing a bicycle race, the victim's mother said.
A 10-year-old California boy who was shot over the weekend died because the shooter, also said to be 10 years old, angrily opened fire after losing a bicycle race, the victim's mother said Tuesday.
The shooter was being a "sore loser" after the informal race late Saturday afternoon in Foothill Farms, a community about 16 miles northeast of Sacramento, and consequently shot and killed Keith “KJ” Frierson, said KJ’s mother, Brittani Frierson.
She said she was basing her account on what she was told by a neighbor's child, who was among the kids riding their bikes before the shooting.
Frierson gave KJ permission to ride his bicycle — which he had "begged" for for Christmas — before the attack, she said. Less than 15 minutes later, she said, she ran outside after neighbors began banging on her door and shouting that something had happened to her son.
"I screamed for hours after I saw my child on that ground, because I could just see that he had no chance," Frierson said. "I just knew that my child was gone."
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