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A ten-year-old boy has been arrested after telling a neighbour that he had shot and killed his mother.
Deborah McVay, 46, was found dead from a single gunshot wound to the head on Sunday night in Big Prairie, midway between Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio.
According to local police, paramedics found Miss McVay lying facedown on her living room floor. She was pronounced dead at the scene. It is believed the bullet was fired from a .22 calibre rifle.
Authorities went to the home after a neighbour called a sheriff's dispatcher to say Miss McVay's son had approached her and said he had just shot his mother.
Miss McVay's body was transported to the Stark County Coroner's office for an autopsy. Miss McVay's 15-year-old daughter, who was at home at the time of the shooting, is now staying with relatives. It is unclear whether she witnessed the shooting.
The ten-year-old son is being held in Richland County Juvenile Detention and was due to appear in court later this afternoon.
Authorities said the boy, who has not been named because of his age, had a history of behavioural problems.
When he was six years old, he was involved in a dispute with his school bus driver and year later removed from school for attacking the principal.
