Granny Get Your Gun! Grandmother Shoots Grandson For Putting Teacup on Furniture

A grandma has reportedly shot her grandson for putting a cup of tea on her wooden table.

Helen Washington, a 75-year-old grandmother from Minnesota, USA is accused of shooting her grandson after she repeatedly asked him to take his cup of tea off her wooden table. When her grandson ignored her request, she left the room to throw his tea away and retrieve her shotgun, local media reported.

Hmmm…not an overreaction at all…

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Upon returning to the room, Ms Washington realised her grandson had poured himself a new cup of tea and persisted in placing it on the table. Overcome with frustration (and, we think it’s fair to assume, a moment of insanity) the trigger happy granny shot her grandson in the thigh.

When they arrived at the scene, police officers found a revolver with five rounds of ammunition, along with Ms Washington’s grandson lying injured in the front yard. He told them that his grandmother had shot him. They charged Ms Washington with second-degree assault with a deadly weapon. Despite the undeniable evidence, she told the authorities that she didn’t believe she should go to jail.

Ms Washington is set to appear in court on 18 December. What an interesting day that will be…

I’m just glad that my grandmother’s lethal weapon is her sinfully delicious baking and not a rifle hidden somewhere in the pantry!

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25 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 17 Dec 2022
    10:36 am
Certainly dont agree with shoting him but by the same token if you have been asked several times to show some respect for someone elses property and you just ignore that then for sure thats going to frustrate the person. This family very much family therapy.

- - ella12 said
  - 11 Jan 2019
    1:43 pm
Oh my gosh, what on earth? The woman is seriously cuckoo.

- - tessie said
  - 14 Nov 2018
    9:51 am
That’s way over the top. She should have just told him to leave and not come back. There may have been more to this situation. Maybe this just tipped the scales after him having abused her for too long. All my grandmother had to do was either give me a certain look or, heaven forbid, use my full name and I’d do whatever she asked and thanked her. Loved her so much

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 13 Nov 2018
    1:29 pm
A bit of an overreaction but still a little funny, although I do not condone shooting someone!

- - rovermum said
  - 12 Nov 2018
    8:57 am
I’m assuming there’s a little bit more to it than this. There must be some underlying issue.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 11 Nov 2018
    7:01 pm
Maybe she has a mental issue? That would make sense.

- - mom112217 said
  - 11 Nov 2018
    10:43 am
OMG that is so ridiculous !

- - rachel1970 said
  - 10 Nov 2018
    5:56 pm
Oh my goodness, only in America. It’s like something you would expect to see in a movie!

- - MuthaNita said
  - 09 Nov 2018
    8:51 pm
What on earth is wrong with her! This is yet another reason why the US needs stricter gun control.

- - mom81879 said
  - 08 Nov 2018
    10:19 am
I can understand granny’s frustration about the tea cup on her timber table, but I think shooting her grandson for doing it is way over the top

- - mom74005 said
  - 06 Nov 2018
    9:37 pm
Only in the United States of America would this ever happen. We may have been threatened with a tea towel or wooden spoon but damn this granny means business
- musicmum replied
  
  09 Nov 2018 , 8:26 pm
  We need to lobby to keep the gun lovers from loosing up the laws, they are working on it right now.
- - mom111059 said
  - 01 Nov 2018
    10:27 am
Hope the child doesn’t have to see his mad grandmother ever again.

- - ashna9 said
  - 31 Oct 2018
    7:37 pm
Total overreaction and totally unacceptable.

- - mom206279 said
  - 30 Oct 2018
    4:05 pm
Definitely an overreaction!

- - Myrlie said
  - 28 Oct 2018
    11:39 pm
Wow that poor boy. Whatever happens in court, I don’t think his Mum will ever leave her boy unsupervised with Grandma now

- - mom68673 said
  - 28 Oct 2018
    10:20 pm
Yes. An overreaction indeed, the grandmother sounds like she needs a n evaluation, to see if she is 100%. Because who does that sort of thing to their love one..yet they still allow anyone to own a gun. This boy who didn’t do anything bad except for not using a coaster gets shot.

- - mom111059 said
  - 28 Oct 2018
    9:07 pm
Perhaps she has dementia. Clearly not a normal reaction.
- musicmum replied
  
  09 Nov 2018 , 8:27 pm
  That is a good observation, I agree, could have had issue’s leading up to this.
- - curlytops said
  - 28 Oct 2018
    8:29 pm
it sounds as though he is very lucky he is still alive as 5 shots were shot.

- - mom90758 said
  - 28 Oct 2018
    12:44 pm
Luckily she didn’t kill him!!! What an overreaction!!

- - mom93821 said
  - 28 Oct 2018
    11:13 am
This is quite a horrific act with dreadful consequences!
- mom93821 replied
  
  29 Oct 2018 , 4:44 am
  The access she had to a gun is horrifying too!