One day after Sheriff Grady Judd made a plea for help to find the suspects who “massacred” a high school student at a Bartow park, detectives announced two teenagers were arrested for murder.
2 teens face murder charges in shooting death of 17-year-old at park, Polk sheriff’s office says
Deputies say shooting happened during planned drug deal
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Taigur Taguri, 17, was shot and killed Monday in Gordon Heights Park near Bartow. (Copyright 2021 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Polk County deputies arrested two 16-year-olds on Tuesday for the shooting death of a 17-year-old.
Investigators said the two teens were found at a home on Gause Street in Bartow near Gordon Heights Park, where the shooting happened on Monday.
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Both teens face a charge of first-degree murder, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Teen cousins face murder charges in shooting of 17-year-old during drug deal at Bartow park
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Sheriff s full press conference: 2 arrests in murder of 17-year-old
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says he ll request the two teens be tried as adults for first-degree murder.
BARTOW, Fla. - The day after the sheriff of Polk County made a plea for help to find the suspects who massacred a high school student at a Bartow park, detectives announced two teenagers were arrested for murder.
During a press conference Wednesday, Sheriff Grady Judd said at least four Black males were involved in the shooting death of 17-year-old Taigur Taguri on Monday night. Judd said within 10 hours of the investigation starting, detectives were knocking on the door of one of the suspects, 16-year-old Jevon Berrien Jr., who lives on Gause Street in Bartow.