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| Aryanna Schneeberg 7, was struck by an arrow that pierced a lung, her liver, diaphram, and stomach. |
16-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of shooting a 7-year-old girl with a bow and arrow will be tried as an adult, a judge decided Wednesday.
The teen, who has not been named in local reports because he hasn’t yet been formally charged, was arrested in June after he confessed to accidentally hitting Aryanna Schneeberg while trying to shoot a squirrel from a deck of an apartment building in Campbellsport, Wis., May 20, WTMJ reported.
The 16-year-old initially told police that he and his 17-year-old companion knew nothing about a bow and arrow — a story that had police raising their eyebrows.
The pair eventually came clean, however, telling cops they heard the girl cry out in pain soon after shooting the arrow.
"I think they knew that eventually this was going to come back to them," Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Lt. Cameron McGee told WBAY-TV.
“The end of the arrow was sticking out of her back,” Aryanna’s mother Laura Schneeberg, 27, told the court on Wednesday, according to the Fond du Lac Reporter, saying she found her daughter screaming on the sidewalk.
Aryanna is reportedly doing well after undergoing surgery in late May at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, but her mother said the girl will need to have another operation to mend the scar on her stomach.
The 16-year-old arrow shooter told police he knew it was against the law to shoot his bow in the city, and that he lied about what happened because he was scared.
“When he heard, as time went on, when he learned Aryanna was improving, it lessened the concern,” his lawyer said, according to the Reporter. “He never intended to hurt anyone. It was an accident.”
"It's tough, it's tough on the family and it's tough on Aryanna too to just get on with her life," Schneeberg's grandmother Michelle Schneeberg told Fox 11.
The teen is currently living at home with a tracking bracelet. He was released from secure detention in mid-June.
The teen, who has not been named in local reports because he hasn’t yet been formally charged, was arrested in June after he confessed to accidentally hitting Aryanna Schneeberg while trying to shoot a squirrel from a deck of an apartment building in Campbellsport, Wis., May 20, WTMJ reported.
The 16-year-old initially told police that he and his 17-year-old companion knew nothing about a bow and arrow — a story that had police raising their eyebrows.
The pair eventually came clean, however, telling cops they heard the girl cry out in pain soon after shooting the arrow.
"I think they knew that eventually this was going to come back to them," Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Lt. Cameron McGee told WBAY-TV.
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| X-Rays show were Aryanna was struck. |
Schneeberg was playing outside her home with her sister and her friend when she was struck.
The arrow entered her back, puncturing a lung, her stomach, diaphragm and liver.“The end of the arrow was sticking out of her back,” Aryanna’s mother Laura Schneeberg, 27, told the court on Wednesday, according to the Fond du Lac Reporter, saying she found her daughter screaming on the sidewalk.
Aryanna is reportedly doing well after undergoing surgery in late May at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, but her mother said the girl will need to have another operation to mend the scar on her stomach.
The 16-year-old arrow shooter told police he knew it was against the law to shoot his bow in the city, and that he lied about what happened because he was scared.
“When he heard, as time went on, when he learned Aryanna was improving, it lessened the concern,” his lawyer said, according to the Reporter. “He never intended to hurt anyone. It was an accident.”
Circuit Court Judge Dale English decided on Wednesday that the boy can be tried in adult court, and District Attorney Dan Kaminsky said criminal charges will soon be announced.
Delays in the case have reportedly frustrated Schneeberg's family, who wish to see justice served."It's tough, it's tough on the family and it's tough on Aryanna too to just get on with her life," Schneeberg's grandmother Michelle Schneeberg told Fox 11.
The teen is currently living at home with a tracking bracelet. He was released from secure detention in mid-June.
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