{"id":2336512,"date":"2024-09-04T10:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-mayor-and-his-daughter-shot-dead-in-bloody-attack-ending-with-11-year-olds-alleged-confession\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T14:34:04","slug":"former-mayor-and-his-daughter-shot-dead-in-bloody-attack-ending-with-11-year-olds-alleged-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-mayor-and-his-daughter-shot-dead-in-bloody-attack-ending-with-11-year-olds-alleged-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Mayor and His Daughter Shot Dead in Bloody Attack, Ending With 11-Year-Old&#8217;s Alleged Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-mayor-and-his-daughter-shot-dead-in-bloody-attack-ending-with-11-year-olds-alleged-confession%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2336512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An 11-year-old boy has confessed to fatally\u2062 shooting his 82-year-old grandfather, Joe \u200bCornelius, and his 31-year-old mother, Keisha Miles, in Minden, Louisiana. The shooting reportedly followed an argument\u2064 over credit card \u2063charges related to video games. The boy, who \u2062is related to Cornelius through his mother, has been charged with two counts of first-degree \u200cmurder\u2062 and is\u200d currently in custody\u200c with a bail set\u200b at $500,000. Minden Police Chief Jared\u2063 McIver mentioned that the boy did not appear to show remorse and described him as &#8220;scared,&#8221;\u200b while also noting the complexity of the situation involving a child this young. The\u2062 motive behind the\u2063 shooting\u2064 remains\u2062 unclear, and the community is mourning the\u2064 loss of \u2062Cornelius, who was loved and respected in the \u200carea. Police are still investigating numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-justice-department-pick-opposed-enforcing-civil-rights-laws-against-blacks\/\" title=\"Biden Justice Department Pick Opposed Enforcing Civil Rights Laws Against Blacks\">unanswered questions<\/a> surrounding the case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An 11-year-old boy has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-ordered-freed-without-bail-banned-from-d-c-until-june-court-date\/\" title=\"Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Ordered Freed Without Bail; Banned From D.C. Until June Court Date\">told police<\/a> he shot and killed an 82-year-old man who is the former mayor of a small Louisiana community and his 31-year-old daughter .<\/p>\n<p>Minden Police Chief Jared McIver said the victims were Joe Cornelius, 82, and his daughter, Keisha Miles, 31, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktbs.com\/news\/10-year-old-in-custody-in-minden-double-homicide\/article_beac2520-687d-11ef-ad9a-23467945b248.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTBS-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cornelius was a city councilman who was appointed mayor for several months after a sitting mayor died while in office<\/p>\n<p>McIver said the boy is related to Cornelius, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/10-year-old-boy-custody-allegedly-killing-former-louisiana-mayor-daugh-rcna169264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>. The boy&rsquo;s grandmother is Miles&rsquo;s mother, McIver said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/15-year-old-boy-charged-shooting-two-fellow-high-school-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boy<\/a> faces two charges of first-degree murder and is in jail with bail set at $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Neighbors said the shooting followed an argument between Cornelius and the boy over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-nations-chief-croupier-piers-morgan-blasts-bidens-frenzied-6-trillion-spending-mocks-him-as-santa-claus\/\" title=\"\u2018The Nation\u2019s Chief Croupier\u2019: Piers Morgan Blasts Biden\u2019s \u2018Frenzied\u2019  Trillion Spending, Mocks Him As Santa Claus\">credit card charges<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shock-13-year-old-boy-arrested-fatal-shooting-60-year-old-grandfather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video games<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksla.com\/2024\/09\/01\/minden-boy-10-arrested-allegedly-killing-2-adults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSLA-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"11-year-old accused of fatally shooting man, man's daughter\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q5GE6uWw1y0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A neighbor KSLA did not name said the boy was autistic.<\/p>\n<p>McIver said the boy did not appear to show remorse.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now people, I understand, and here is something I have to say, everyone grieves differently. But I think we all know what grieving looks like and what it should look like and I just, you know, didn&rsquo;t see it,&rdquo; McIver said.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to the house where Cornelius and Miles were found dead after neighbors reported shots being fired, according to KTSB-TV.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a confession. But in these cases when you&rsquo;re in, it&rsquo;s very delicate,&rdquo; McIver said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you&rsquo;re dealing with a child of this age, you know, in their stage, we&rsquo;re looking at, you know, was there motive, what was the motive? What what causes what sparked it, you know, since the victims were shot?&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And, you know, a lot of thoughts come rushing in here when, you know, you&rsquo;re dealing with someone this young. How, why, where did you know? We know where the firearm came from that was used. And it&rsquo;s just you know, it&rsquo;s one of those things that we&rsquo;ve still got a lot of unanswered questions,&rdquo; McIver added.<\/p>\n<p>McIver said the 11-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/10-year-old-boy-said-shooting-mom-accident-now-charged-adult-sister-disclosed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspect<\/a> was &ldquo;scared,&rdquo; but appeared to have a &ldquo;mindset to commit a crime like this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But it&rsquo;s it&rsquo;s a&nbsp;sad situation. It&rsquo;s just so the community is mourning the loss of Mr. Joe Cornelius,&rdquo; McIver said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Joe is always nice to the police department, you know, just always brought a laugh joke and all. I mean, at his age, 82 years old, still getting around, doing things. And people love Mr. Joe,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Never heard, I&rsquo;ve never heard anybody say a negative thing about him. So and then, you know, this the female, being his daughter. 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Minden Police Chief Jared McIver identified the victims as Joe Cornelius, aged 82, and his daughter Keisha Miles, aged 31, as reported by KTBS-TV. Cornelius had served briefly as mayor after the previous mayor passed away while in office. According to NBC, the boy is related to Cornelius; specifically, his grandmother is Miles&#8217;s mother. The boy has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and is currently detained with a bail set at $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors indicated that the shooting stemmed from a dispute between Cornelius and the boy regarding credit card charges for video games, according to KSLA-TV. One unnamed neighbor mentioned that the boy is autistic. McIver noted that the child did not seem to show any remorse for his actions. &#8220;People grieve differently,&#8221; McIver stated; however, he expressed doubt about whether what he observed aligned with typical grieving behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to investigate after neighbors reported hearing gunshots at their residence where Cornelius and Miles were found deceased. &#8220;We have a confession,&#8221; McIver said but emphasized that cases involving minors are particularly sensitive and complex: &#8220;When dealing with someone this young&#8230; we have many unanswered questions.&#8221; He added that while the suspect appeared frightened, there seemed to be an intent behind his actions.<\/p>\n<p>McIver described Joe Cornelius as well-liked within the community: \u201cHe was always friendly towards our police department&#8230; At 82 years old he was still active.\u201d He lamented both losses deeply: \u201cThis is truly a tragic situation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2336513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/shooting-death.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[40062,3871,40061,4300],"class_list":["post-2336512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-alleged-confession","tag-daughter","tag-former-mayor","tag-shooting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/shooting-death.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}