Killing of Kayla Rolland

== Background ==

== Background ==

Kayla Rolland was killed by a six-year-old boy, [[first grade]]r at Buell Elementary School in the [[Beecher Community School District]], located in [[Mount Morris Township, Michigan]], near [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]]. His father was in jail for violating his [[parole]], having previously been convicted for possession of [[cocaine]] with intent to deliver and burglary.Murder in the First Grade [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-in-the-first-grade/ 60 Minutes] The boy had been living with his mother and his eight-year-old brother. She was evicted from her home, having been unable to pay rent with the $175 weekly wage she received from the two jobs she worked under [[Michigan]]'s welfare-to-work program, and both boys then shared a single sofa as a bed at their uncle's house. The home, where his uncle lived with a 19-year-old man, was a [[crack house]] where guns were frequently traded for drugs. At some point, the boy found a loaded [[Davis Industries]] P-32 [[.32 ACP|.32-caliber]] [[handgun]] under some blankets.Major U.S. school shootings in the last 10 years [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266371,00.html Fox News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621212059/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266371,00.html |date=June 21, 2007 }}The Killing of Kayla [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,40342-1,00.html Time Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930102430/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,40342-1,00.html |date=September 30, 2007 }}

Kayla Rolland was killed by a six-year-old boy, [[first grade]]r at Buell Elementary School in the [[Beecher Community School District]], located in [[Mount Morris Township, Michigan]], near [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]]. His father was in jail for violating his [[parole]], having previously been convicted for possession of [[cocaine]] with intent to deliver and burglary.Murder in the First Grade [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-in-the-first-grade/ 60 Minutes] The boy had been living with his mother, Tamarla Owens, and his eight-year-old brother. She was evicted from her home, having been unable to pay rent with the $175 weekly wage she received from the two jobs she worked under [[Michigan]]'s welfare-to-work program, and both boys then shared a single sofa as a bed at their uncle's house. The home, where his uncle lived with a 19-year-old man, was a [[crack house]] where guns were frequently traded for drugs. At some point, the boy found a loaded [[Davis Industries]] P-32 [[.32 ACP|.32-caliber]] [[handgun]] under some blankets.Major U.S. school shootings in the last 10 years [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266371,00.html Fox News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621212059/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266371,00.html |date=June 21, 2007 }}The Killing of Kayla [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,40342-1,00.html Time Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930102430/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,40342-1,00.html |date=September 30, 2007 }}

The boy was known to have behavioral issues and was made to stay after school nearly every day for [[Profanity|swearing]], giving people [[the finger]], [[Pinch (action)|pinching]], and hitting. Some weeks before the shooting he stabbed a girl with a pencil. Chris Boaz, a seven-year-old classmate, claimed the boy once punched him because he would not give him a pickle. The boy had previously attacked Kayla Rolland and, on the day prior to the killing, tried to kiss her and was rebuffed. Early on the day of the shooting, the boy and his brother got into a fight with Boaz's uncle, whom the boy threatened to shoot.

The boy was known to have behavioral issues and was made to stay after school nearly every day for [[Profanity|swearing]], giving people [[the finger]], [[Pinch (action)|pinching]], and hitting. Some weeks before the shooting he stabbed a girl with a pencil. Chris Boaz, a seven-year-old classmate, claimed the boy once punched him because he would not give him a pickle. The boy had previously attacked Kayla Rolland and, on the day prior to the killing, tried to kiss her and was rebuffed. Early on the day of the shooting, the boy and his brother got into a fight with Boaz's uncle, whom the boy threatened to shoot.