An 11-year-old child has been charged with murder for shooting and killing a woman, 62, in Colorado.
The young person, who has not been identified, is charged with second-degree murder following the death of Karmen Keefauver in Montrose County.
Officers and first responders were called to a property on December 19 after they received a report that a woman had been shot.
They took Keefauver to Montrose Memorial Hospital where she later died, The Denver Channel reports.
An 11 year old has been charged with second-degree murder after 62-year-old Karmen Keefauver was shot dead. Pictured: The home where Karmen was found in Montrose County
11-year-old child charged with murder in shooting death of Montrose Co. woman
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DENVER â An 11-year-old child has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a woman earlier this month in Montrose County.
11-Year-Old Colorado Child Charged With Murder in Montrose County
When I first heard about this shocking and alarming incident, it just didn t make sense to me. How in the world could an 11-year-old child here in Western Colorado be charged with murder? But according to The Denver Channel, this is not an accident.
An 11-year-old child has been arrested and charged with murdering a woman earlier this month in Montrose County after shooting the victim resulting in her death. The identity of the juvenile is not being released but they will be facing second-degree murder charges in the death of 62-year-old Karmen Keefauver.
Montrose Memorial Hospital Environmental Services Technician Veronica Ramirez, left, receives the COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Tamara Anderson, while Dr. Alexis Garza receives one from Danny Barela, paramedic and emergency department technician, on Tuesday. (Submitted photo/Montrose County)
Montrose County received its first shipments of vaccine for COVID-19, which began being administered Tuesday to frontline health care workers at Montrose Memorial Hospital.
âI feel honored to be a part of a hospital system and a county that works so well together to implement this process,â said Dr. Alexis Garza, who, with MMH Environmental Services Technician Veronica Ramirez, was the first to receive the vaccine.
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