A 74-year-old woman has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting her grandson in the chest eight times as he called 911.

Jonathan Hoffman, 17, was shot Friday evening at the family's condo in West Bloomfield Township, an upscale Detroit suburb, police said. His grandmother, Sandra Layne, a retired teacher, was charged with open murder and is being held without bond.

During Layne's arraignment Monday, a police detective testified that Hoffman frantically told a 911 dispatcher he had been shot in the chest by his grandmother and that he was going to die.

By the time officers arrived at the property, at least four more shots from a .40-caliber handgun had been pumped into the high school senior.

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A West Bloomfield Township detective told a judge that eight entry and exit wounds were found in Hoffman's body and two bullets were in his body after the shooting.

"At approximately the three-minute mark of the 911 call, the subject screamed and exclaimed that he had just been shot again," Detective Brad Boulet said, according to The Detroit News. "Responding officers heard several gunshots inside the house."

Layne stood mute in court when the charge was read, and a not guilty plea was entered on her behalf.

An open murder charge allows a jury to decide on whether a first- or second-degree charge applies after hearing evidence.

Ira Kaufman Chapel via AP

Jonathan Hoffman, seen in an undated family photo released by the Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield, Mich., was fatally shot at his grandparents' home in West Bloomfield Township, Mich.

Hoffman had been attending an alternative high school in nearby Farmington and living with his maternal grandparents so he could complete his senior year while his divorced parents settled in Arizona, according to his father, Michael Hoffman of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Drug paraphernalia
Layne's attorneys have said there were problems at the condo, and Layne was afraid of her grandson. One of her attorneys, Mitchell Ribitwer, told reporters Monday that drugs and drug paraphernalia apparently belonging to the teen were found at the condo after Hoffman was killed.

Michael Hoffman said that regardless of his son's behavior, the teen was unarmed and didn't deserve to be shot to death.

"I'm not saying he was aggressive, but if he was, I don't understand how being aggressive but unarmed would justify her using deadly force," Hoffman said according to ClickOnDetroit.com.

Detective Brad Boulet testified about Hoffman's 911 call and said when officers arrived at the condo, Layne was inside, behind a screened door.

"She put the gun on the floor after being ordered so by officers," Boulet said. "She exclaimed she had just murdered her grandson."

Another of Layne's attorneys told ClickOnDetroit.com that he thought Layne was "not in control of her emotions" at the time of the incident.

"She was afraid. She's not a big, strong woman," Jerome Sabbota said.

'Derogatory to his grandmother'
Wearing an orange jumpsuit in court, Layne smiled and nodded to her husband and other family members.

Ribitwer said Layne had lived in the West Bloomfield area for 30 years. His requests for a reasonable bond and electronic tether monitor for Layne were denied. A pre-examination conference for Layne was set for Thursday morning.

Prosecutors had no comment after the hearing. Layne's husband and other relatives attended the hearing but also didn't comment.

Police had responded in March to a domestic disturbance at Layne's home.

"I spoke to the officer who responded, and he indicated this young man was totally out of control in the street," Ribitwer told reporters Monday. "He was derogatory to his grandmother. He was yelling and shouting and almost got into it with the police."

Jonathan Hoffman's funeral is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Msnbc.com staff and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Gov. Jerry Brown commuted the sentence of a Van Nuys woman convicted in 1997 of shaking her 7-week-old grandson to death.

Shirley Ree Smith was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the death of Etzel Glass. Smith, who has been free since 2006 as the appeals process went forward, has maintained that she is innocent. She spent 10 years in prison.

"It is clear that significant doubts surround Ms. Smith's conviction," Brown said in a commutation letter obtained by the Associated Press on Friday.

The commutation follows three 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decisions that set aside Smith's conviction. The court referred to the case as a likely "miscarriage of justice," saying there was no support for the prosecution's assertion that Smith lost her temper when the boy began to cry and shook him to death at their home in Van Nuys. Still, the U.S. Supreme Court last year reinstated Smith's conviction.

Msnbc.com staff contributed to this article by Jonathan Lloyd of NBCLosAngeles.com.

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FLORENCE, SC -- Police say a 9-year-old girl stabbed her grandmother in the back after being told to turn off the TV show she was watching, according to news reports.

Police told the Florence Morning News and other local news outlets that the incident occurred after the child's mother left the house and the girl began to argue with her grandmother about turning the TV back on.

As the older woman was sitting down reading a newspaper, the girl approached her with a kitchen knife and stabbed her in the back, said Florence Police Maj. Carlos Raines told NBC affiliate WMBF-TV.

The grandmother was treated and released from the hospital, while the Department of Social Services placed the child in the custody of another relative, Raines told the paper.

The girl, whose name was not released because of her age, will be charged in family court, the Morning News reported. She was placed in the custody of another relative while she awaits charges in family court.

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