GENEVA, Wis. -- The man accused of shooting and killing an 8-year-old boy in Wisconsin was in court Tuesday, WTMJ reported.

Steven Merkel, 52, is charged with reckless homicide and unlawful use of a dangerous weapon. Michael Meagher was fatally shot ...

The Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, man accused in the death of an 8-year-old boy revealed he was handling a gun at the time of the ...

The 52-year-old faces up to 60 years in prison after what he claimed was an attempt to appear "cool" turned deadly ...

A man in Wisconsin showing off his guns to his 8-year-old stepson in an attempt to "look cool" shot and killed the youngster — telling cops afterward "he did something stupid," according to police.

ELKHORN, Wis. - A 52-year-old Lake Geneva man is now charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the death of 8-year-old ...

A Walworth County man has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of his young stepson. Michael Meagher, 8, died ...

According to the statement he provided police, Merkel admitted to showing Meagher the guns he owned "because it made the ...

The man charged in the deadly shooting of an 8-year-old Brookfield boy was playing with a handgun at the time to “look cool,” court documents allege. Steven ...

Michael Meagher was shot Monday in the Town of Geneva, southwest of Milwaukee. Two officers discovered the boy shortly before ...

PROSECUTORS SAY 52 YEAR OLD STEVEN MERKEL SHOT NINE YEAR OLD MICHAEL MAYER EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MERKEL TOLD DETECTIVES HE WAS SHOWING THE BOY HIS GUN AND TOOK THE MAGAZINE OUT OF HIS HANDGUN AND ...

PROSECUTORS SAY 52 YEAR OLD STEVEN MERKEL SHOT NINE YEAR OLD MICHAEL MAYER EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MERKEL TOLD DETECTIVES HE WAS SHOWING THE BOY HIS GUN AND TOOK THE MAGAZINE OUT OF HIS HANDGUN AND ...