Overview
- The Mexico City prosecutor’s office reviewed the case and released the boy to his father’s custody after his initial detention.
- The mother, identified as Paula, is hospitalized in stable condition and recovering from a gunshot wound to the face.
- Police say the incident occurred after the mother confiscated the 13-year-old’s phone for drinking alcohol at home, and an 11-year-old sibling sustained a head injury from the pistol grip.
- City police chief Pablo Vázquez said officers used video surveillance to locate and secure the minor after he left the apartment.
- The boy’s father surrendered the firearm to authorities, and media images identified it as a Rossi Interarms Model 685 .38 revolver as investigators examine how the child accessed it.