Boy who killed mother told family she was sick

A 17-year-old boy has told US police he shot dead his mother and returned home several times over the next two days to feed two younger half-siblings, telling them she was ill and not to disturb her.

Police captain John Sharp said a family acquaintance found the body of 34-year-old Tamila Wooley in her bedroom in a gated community in Walker, Louisiana, on Wednesday.