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Boy asked to clean room, shoots grandmothe­r

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An 11-year-old Arizona boy shot his grandmothe­r to death Saturday evening and then turned the gun on himself after she asked him to clean his room, police said. Doyle Hebert, who along with his wife, Yvonne Woodard, 65, had custody of their 11-year-old grandson. Herbert told authoritie­s that his grandson fired a bullet into the back of his grandmothe­r’s head, FOX 10 reported. Herbert was sitting on the couch at the time, the report said. Hebert told police that he first chased after his grandson, but heard another gunshot when he went back to tend to his wife, The Arizona Republic reported. The boy had turned the gun on himself.

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