At around 1am (local time) on April 12, the suspect dealt his sleeping father at least two blows on the head with a sledgehammer," the region's investigative committee said.After the killing, the boy's frightened mother gave him the keyboard back and the boy played computer games for several more hours until he fell asleep, the spokeswoman said.At that point, the mother, who was not injured, contacted relatives who in turn called police.
A convicted murderer in the US state of Utah has chosen to be executed by firing squad.When given a choice between lethal injection or being shot, Ronnie Lee Gardner told the judge: "I would like the firing squad, please."Of the 35 US states that have the death penalty, Utah is the only one to give firing squads as an option.
