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75-year-old grandma shoots grandson in the leg for keeping teacup on her furniture

A woman faces an assault charge after authorities say she shot her grandson in the leg over an argument about where he placed a teacup, according to court records
UPDATED OCT 19, 2018

A 75-year-old grandmother shot her grandson in the leg for ignoring her repeated instructions to keep his teacup off her furniture, and now she faces second-degree assault charges. Law enforcement authorities arrived at Helen Washington's home in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, last Friday and found the grandson lying in the front yard with a gunshot wound on his thigh. He told officers it was his grandmother who shot him.

Helen Washington, 75. (Hennepin County Police)
Helen Washington, 75. (Hennepin County Police)
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