Ten-year-old charged with murdering father

A 10-year-old boy has been charged with murdering his father after watching his parents endure a bitter divorce.

Texas doctor Rick Lohstroh was shot outside his ex-wife’s home after he arrived to pick up his two sons for a weekend visit following a divorce that included unproven allegations of sexual abuse of the 10-year-old by the father.

Houston police say the boy, who was taking the anti-depressant Prozac at the time of the killing, took a pistol from the home, climbed into the back seat of his father’s 4X4 and shot Lohstroh in the back.

If allegations against the 10-year-old are found to be true in juvenile court, he could be held as a youth until age 18 and then could be imprisoned for an additional 40 years, a lawyer for the boy has said.