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Credit: Marion County Prosecutor s Office
The gun allegedly used in the mass murder of a family on Adams Street in Indianapolis on Jan. 24.
The victims are the teen suspect s 42-year-old father Raymond Childs, his mother Kezzie, 42, a 13-year-old sister Rita and his 18-year-old brother Elijah Childs. Also killed were Elijah s 19-year-old girlfriend Kiara Hawkins and their unborn child, referred to as Baby Boy Hawkins.
Credit: Childs family
Raymond and Kezzie Childs
Another sibling, injured by gunfire, escaped the home in the 3500 block of Adams Street and ran to a neighborhood house for help. That sibling told responding officers what led to the gunfire, according to IMPD.
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Nancy Grace, host of Crime Stories on Fox Nation, breaks down the case in Indianapolis.
A 17-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives and a 19-year-old pregnant woman in the family’s Indianapolis home has been charged with six counts of murder in connection with the slayings, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday, was charged as an adult with six counts of murder, including one count for the death of the woman’s unborn child, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced at a news conference. The baby had been due to be born in one week, Mears said.
INDIANAPOLIS â A 17-year-old believed to be the gunman in an early Sunday shooting that claimed the lives of five people and an unborn child is facing multiple murder charges.
Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III has been formally charged with six counts of murder, attempted murder and carrying a handgun without a license, according to court records.
Childs was arrested Monday and stands accused of fatally shooting members of his family after a dispute inside their near-northside home.
In Indiana, a 17-year-old charged with murder must be tried in adult court. However, the death penalty canât be used with a minor. Life without parole remains a possible sentence.