Grandma shot grandson for putting cup of tea on furniture

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A Minnesota woman was arrested earlier this month after she shot her grandson for putting his cup of tea on her furniture, police said. Helen Lenoir Washington, 75, of Brooklyn Center, is charged with assault and second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.

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According to the newspaper, a child at the scene corroborated the grandson’s story, telling officers that Washington had gotten upset because he put his cup of tea on the furniture after she’d told him not to. Washington dumped the grandson’s tea out and left the room to get a gun, the minor told investigators.

The grandson got another cup of tea and set it down once again on the furniture, the Star Tribune reported. Washington pulled out the .38 Special and shot him, police said

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