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Mother Shoots Teen Over Water Bottles | Milwaukee News
A Milwaukee woman, Cosetta Burrell, faces 22 charges after allegedly shooting a 12-year-old boy in a violent escalation over a water bottle sales dispute. The chaos spiraled into a high-speed police chase with four kids in her car, while she was already out on bail and prohibited from owning a gun. Prosecutors say she fired at both the boy and his brother, with bullets striking a nearby home housing a two-month-old. Despite being in custody the day of the shooting, Burrell reportedly admitted to the crime in jail calls, calling herself a “hero”—a claim a court commissioner slammed as…
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