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Juvenile Charged in Fatal Shooting of Detroit Teen
Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 16-year-old juvenile male, of Detroit in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy, also of Detroit. The juvenile respondent is not being charged as an adult defendant; he has been adult designated. This means that upon conviction an adult designation allows the judge to have the option of sentencing the respondent as a juvenile, or as an adult, or to fashion a blended juvenile sentence with the option of imposing an adult sentence if the juvenile is not rehabilitated.
On December 31, 2022, at approximately at approximately 3:30 a.m., Detroit police officers were dispatched to a hotel in the 5770 block of Southfield Freeway in Detroit for a reported shooting. Upon their arrival, officers located the victim unresponsive in the restroom suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Medics arrived on scene and pronounced the victim deceased.
It is alleged that the juvenile produced and fired a handgun into the hotel room multiple times, fatally wounding the victim, before fleeing the scene. Investigation by the Detroit Police Department led to the arrest of the defendant on January 31, 2023.
The juvenile respondent has been charged with one count of Second-Degree Murder, one count of Discharge at a Building Causing Death, and two counts of Felony Firearm. *
The Preliminary Hearing was held this afternoon before Referee Leslie Graves and the juvenile was remanded to the Juvenile Detention Facility. The Preliminary Examination will be held on February 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., before Judge Cylenthia Miller.
On January 10, 2023, a 15-year-old male was charged with one count of Second-Degree Murder, one count of Discharge at a Building Causing Death, and two counts of Felony Firearm *, in connection with the shooting. He has also been adult designated. His Preliminary Examination will be held on March 9, 2023, at the Lincoln Hall of Justice before Judge Cylenthia Miller.
*The charges are allegations and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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