An 11-year-old boy in the United States has been charged with attempted murder after shooting his police officer father for taking his video games away.

The boy allegedly shot Matt Makowski, an Indiana State Police trooper, in the buttocks as he slept at their Conover Drive home about 11pm on February 22.

The unidentified boy began planning the shooting at school that day because he was angry his parents confiscated his video games, WSBT 22 reports.

Indiana police officer Matt Makowski (right) pictured with his family. (Facebook)

He told police he devised the attack because "he was done with all of that" and "wanted it to end”, according to court records.

The boy used his father's police gun which he found in his car parked outside the family home, court records state.

WBST 22 reports the boy waited about 10 minutes in his parents’ bedroom until his dad rolled over and was facing away from the door so that “he wouldn't see me shooting him”.

When Mr Makowski began screaming, his wife went to look for her son. She saw him walking up the stairs with a BB gun and his dad’s taser, according to court documents.

Mrs Makowski locked the door and called police.

Her son was arrested.

Mr Makowski, 46, was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery and is said to be “steadily improving”.

The 11-year-old will face court again on April 10.

He reportedly has a troubled history.

In September last year, a police report stated he was involved in a “possible battery” of his eight-year-old neighbour who was taken to an emergency room for treatment.