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Indianapolis teen charged with 6 counts of murder for allegedly shooting pregnant woman and his family members
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Updated: 12:39 PM CST Jan 29, 2021
By Anna Sturla, CNN
Indianapolis teen charged with 6 counts of murder for allegedly shooting pregnant woman and his family members
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Updated: 12:39 PM CST Jan 29, 2021
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here is the picture of 17 year old Raymond Childs of Third. Taken to the Marion County Jail this morning. He's accused of shooting and killing most of his family Sunday morning at their house on Adams Street. Child has been charged with six counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of carrying a handgun without a permit. The shooting started after he left the house without permission. Yeah, I think the argument initially started over, Ah, conversation about somebody going out or being outside the residents on spending, you know, kind of sneaking out of the house. I think that was what initiated the dispute, uh, inside the home where it went from there. I think that's what we're trying to figure out. According to court records, Child had been in his girlfriend's house when his father called and told him to get home. When he got back to the house on Adams Street, his father told him he'd be in trouble Later. Seconds later, gunshots were fired. Child had gone into his older brother's bedroom and shot care. Hawkins and Elijah Child's in the head with a nine millimeter handgun. Care. Hawkins was pregnant the baby was deceased when it was delivered by Cesarean section at the hospital. He then shot 13 year old Rita Child's in the chest with an A K 47 type rifle. Police also found several rounds from the very same a K 47 near the body of his father and stepmother. They were shot several times in the torso during the shooting. His 15 year old younger brother, Egg Xavier Childs, had been downstairs in a lot of room hiding when the shooting stopped. He took off running Raymond Child's following The Savior and shot him twice within a K 47. Once the arm and once in the leg, he told investigators he tried to shoot me in the head, but missed. I guess eggs savior Childs was found on the front porch of a home a couple blocks away. He was rushed to Riley Hospital in critical condition, but was able to tell police who shot him before being taken into surgery. Raymond Childs, the third, did go back to the house on Adams Street to gather up some clothes, and then he took his father's car and went back to his girlfriend's house. He did return to the house on Adams Street Sunday afternoon. He was later found in a relative's house and arrested. Mr Childs is 17 years of age because he has 17 years of age were not permitted under Indian law to seek the death penalty. We're not in a position to seek the death penalty due to the accused, a.