--- description: Hunter Riley Reeser shot and killed his grandmother over an argument about a school meeting title: 14-Year-Old Killed His Grandmother Because He Didn't Want to Go to School image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5165f3c08f3b573/6988a29bcd1bba4a2a701fee/slack-imgs-com.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 14-Year-Old Shot and Killed His Grandmother Because He Didn't Want to Go to School, Police Say by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 24, 2016 2:32 PM CUT  A blurred police car in the background behind yellow crime scene tape. A blurred police car in the background behind yellow crime scene tape.Getty Images by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 24, 2016 2:32 PM CUT A Harborcreek, Pa. teenager [fatally shot his grandmother](http://www.wtae.com/news/teen-charged-in-grandmothers-death/41347398 "undefined") Tuesday during an argument because he didn’t want to go to a school meeting, officials said. Hunter Riley Reeser, 14, is facing homicide and first-degree murder charges, according to local ABC affiliate WTAE. Police say Reeser shot Sandra Orton, 60, in the head, then called her husband saying that he found her with the wound. Reeser then called 911 and later admitted to shooting Orton. Authorities say Reeser told them he shot Orton because he didn’t want to go to a school meeting. He will be charged as an adult under Pennsylvania law, according to WTAE. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4464303/hunter-reeser-shot-grandmother/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4464303/hunter-reeser-shot-grandmother/"},"headline":"14-Year-Old Shot and Killed His Grandmother Because He Didn't Want to Go to School, Police Say","datePublished":"2016-08-24T14:32:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:10:16.695Z","description":"Hunter Riley Reeser has been charged as an adult","url":"https://time.com/4464303/hunter-reeser-shot-grandmother/","keywords":["Murder","Crime","Pennsylvania"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5165f3c08f3b573/6988a29bcd1bba4a2a701fee/slack-imgs-com.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5165f3c08f3b573/6988a29bcd1bba4a2a701fee/slack-imgs-com.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A police crime scene tape close-up","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4464303/hunter-reeser-shot-grandmother/","name":"14-Year-Old Shot and Killed His Grandmother Because He Didn't Want to Go to School, Police Say"}}]}] ```