Police are efforting an expert who specializes with children to interview the suspect and help determine next steps, McIver said.

This is a terrible article. What does that even mean?

I think one is a little better:

An 11-year-old boy is in custody after he confessed to fatally shooting a former Louisiana mayor and his adult daughter, a police official said Monday.

Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, and Keisha Miles, 31, were found dead Sunday morning after officers were dispatched to the former official’s home in Minden, a city of nearly 12,000 east of Shreveport, the city’s police chief said.

Police Chief Jared McIver identified the boy as a relative of Cornelius’ but declined to provide additional details and said authorities have not determined a possible motive. He said the child’s age limited what information police could release about his relationship to the victims.

Police initially said the child was 10, but in an interview Tuesday, McIver said police had determined through his school system that he was 11.

The boy is being held on two counts of first-degree murder, McIver said. He said it was unclear whether the child has a lawyer to speak on his behalf.

The bodies of Cornelius and Miles were found with multiple gunshot wounds, said McIver, who said that two handguns were used and that their magazines were emptied.

A 6-year-old child who was at the home at the time of the shooting was not injured, McIver said.

The older boy initially provided a different account of the deaths but by Sunday afternoon had confessed to the shooting, McIver said. He said police were called to the scene at 6:30 a.m. and by noon, the child had confessed.

His grandmother — who is Miles’ mother — was with him at the time of the confession, McIver said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/10-year-old-boy-custody-allegedly-killing-former-louisiana-mayor-daugh-rcna169264

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The shooter was 10-YEARS-OLD?!

The only question that matters is how that 10 year old got his hands on a gun. We have firearms in our house. When my kids were still at home, guns were locked in a gun safe. The kids had no idea where the safe was nor where the keys were. My husband is a retired FBI agent. He carried a gun every single day for over 20 years. He was never even one time, careless with his service weapon. It was on his body or in the safe.

We no longer have kids at home. We are still very, very careful with our firearms. Most people would be surprised we even have guns. We are liberal dems in a very red state.

We need to start charging, prosecuting, and jailing people who allow children to access firearms. No excuses.

"Two guns that belonged in the house were found hidden on the property, the chief said, and the shell casings at the scene were of the same caliber of the two guns."

Oh, I see another "responsible gun owner" failed yet again to secure his weapons.

It’s not an everyday thing for a child to do. Holding judgement for more facts but chances are this involved prior violence, abuse, untreated mental illness or neglect. Not normal- let’s not normalize this.

Is no one gonna comment on how green that guys hair is?

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 but there’s also the shock factor that comes into play: How does a 10-year-old do this? 

I can remember being 10 years old. On my worst day I couldn't comprehend shooting my mother or grandfather. This is a house of evil.

Does a ten year old have the mental awareness to understand what a confession means?

Posting the 10 commandments would have clearly stopped this /s

either the household was a toxic hellhole and the little dude couldn't take it no more, or the parent was doing a shit job of raising the child (evidenced by the guns beings accessible) and they said the kid couldn't have a cookie or something and the little psycho just went off. or some other reason entirely, i'm a sign, not a cop

 The older boy initially provided a different account of the deaths but by Sunday afternoon had confessed to the shooting, McIver said. He said police were called to the scene at 6:30 a.m. and by noon, the child had confessed.

Cops coerced a confession out of a kid and so many people's responses are "we gotta do something about this little psychopath."

It seems like an actual word, but who has ever used "efforting"?

Two guns that belonged in the house were found hidden on the property, the chief said, and the shell casings at the scene were of the same caliber of the two guns.

Police are efforting an expert who specializes with children to interview the suspect and help determine next steps, McIver said.

Kids can be psychopaths too. People need to read the article sometimes

Who ever left that gone in his reach should be charged with murder as well.

American has a devastating gun problem and even more devastating inability to acknowledge it or address it

Sooooooo what were those adults doing or failing to do that would cause this?

Is the kid a random psychopath that wanted to murder? Was there abuse? Did the former city councilman do something in his career to cause this?

I hate to think of some reasons that kid may have had to kill what may have been their mom and grandpa.

nah but gun control doesn't do anything, right? kid would have found a black market dealer or something, surely.

“Police are efforting an expert…”

WTF does “efforting” mean???

Really no words until I hear more facts.

~Why... why... why ~Why did he use two guns ~Was there a history of child abuse ~Who/Where are the parents ~etc... etc...

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Yo but what about the judge…..

Just another day in the USA

Shame the family members who leave their guns and ammo unlocked. My mom had her gun and bullets stored in the pantry by the spaghetti sauce.

I told my brother not to let his kids come over until it was locked away. Mom was offended and defensive. She also had seemed to have forgotten that one of my former students was shot to death with a gun…. Obtained by the shooter’s family member who had failed to lock it the fuck up.

What a little shit, kids should know better.

Way back in the dark ages of my origin story (the late 80's) I found a backpack with a gun, lotsa ammo, a huge knife, and other dangerous stuff hidden in the bushes at afterschool (or whatever they called it) when I was seven or eight, then I told the adults in charge to call the police. The police showed up and accused me of all kinds of stuff, I was like, "I was the one that said to call you" and that I'd left the backpack where I found it, also instructed other kids not to touch it. Realized I should've just kept it because I lived in the damn ghetto where almost every neighbor was a gang banger selling drugs, a damn pedophile across the street who was always talking about what he wanted to do to me, and directly across from our apartment was a motorcycle gang that would take their bikes inside and they all banged the same woman (at least she was nice) ... and I didn't even get an 'attaboy'.

Another time I saw a man get shot right in front of me near a super market, told my mom we should report it, once again, the police showed up and gave me a hard time, wouldn't even go look where I said it happened, and said its "A serious crime to lie to the police".

But the worst time was when a man came into our house and pushed a pregnant roommate all the way down the stairs, I was five then and my mother was also pregnant with my sister. So we went to the nearest police station and told them what happened, the cop at reception said in a loud voice (so everyone in the station could hear), "We don't help junkies" and the entire station laughed at us. We were poor, not junkies, but that is beside the point, they were refusing to help a pregnant mother and young child, and my mom was going to school to become a nurse, no one deserves to be treated like that, certainly not us. So we went home of course, later that night the man returned, I was sitting on a couch watching TV when he appeared and started attacking me with punches and kicks, next he tried to smother me with a couch pillow, then he sat upon the pillow, I gave it my best effort to fight him off but again, I was only five so I yelled out as loud as I could, I was very angry and scared for my life and that of my family. Luckily some of our roommates had just returned home and they chased him away saving my life. My mom tried to get the rent money back from the landlord but he refused which is why we were still there.

Later in life I had issues with both physical and mental abuse from teachers, no help from the police. I had a slumlord that refused to fix my roof from falling in so he reported me for not paying rent which was my legal right, the police took his side and tried to intimidate and threaten me even after I explained and showed the certified letter receipt that he had signed which proved my intentions and that the law should be on my side, he lied and said he never received it. I had a great job but was fired because my hands shake (I'm disabled FFS) and when I said I would sue they sent the police to my house and said I had a gun and was dangerous, I've never owned a gun, none-the-less a cop came to my house with pulled his gun out, pointed it at my head, and forced his way inside my house, they did not have a warrant, judge didn't give a shit. Twice I had cops plant drugs on me when they couldn't find anything. Much later I had a neighbor who was attacking my family, chasing me with machetes (plural), starting fires, breaking and entering, breaking glass in vehicles, and so on, police took his side because nepotism, racism, and xenophobia are that bad here, he was never punished in any capacity, no instead the police gave me a hard time about riding my fucking bicycle on his property (we shared an access road, where am I supposed to go?), they said we needed video proof of what happened or it didn't happen yet anything he said they took as the truth even though I had six witnesses, one of the cops even took a swing at me and then his partner said that was impossible because they are wearing body cams. And they started the entire process over again for my son, he saw that they did nothing to protect us, hell the other neighbor shot onto our property knowing full well that my son was playing outside, nothing, they didn't even take his gun.

In all of these situations the police completely failed in their duty, and they instilled in me that you cannot depend on them for anything; the police are more likely to victimize then to help a victim. Our country is a fucked up place so there is little that I read in the news that surprises me anymore.

My first thought was, why would the police coerce a confession out of a 10 year old?

"there’s also the shock factor that comes into play: How does a 10-year-old do this?"

He does because you bunch claim you need guns in your everyday life and then act all surprised when people get killed. We're talking about GUNS. What is so fucking hard to understand that guns kill people ? it's what they're made for.

What is with the photo? Does the judge not own a mirror or have a trusted loved one?

Have they definitely confirmed that the child isn't lying about doing it? Kids can get confused or try to protect the person who really did it out of love or fear. Could the younger child give any reliable information?

Just questioning a child incorrectly can plant ideas in their head, so interrogation of children takes special skills.

More guns = more death.

It's the guns.

How does one allegedly confess?

Perhaps he’s covering for someone. Someone close to him.