Parents sued after boy killed 8-year-old in puppy dispute

The parents of an 11-year-old boy who fatally shot an 8-year-old girl after she refused to show him her puppies are being sued for $10m.

The wrongful death lawsuit filed on Monday in Jefferson County, Tennessee, on behalf of the girl's mother, Latasha Dyer, argues that Jason and Mary Ann Tiller had a duty to keep their son from harming others with a firearm.

Makayla Dyer was playing outside her home in White Pine, about 64km east of Knoxville, in October when the boy asked her to get the puppies, and shot her after she refused.