Teen cousins face murder charges in shooting of 17-year-old during drug deal at Bartow park
By FOX 13 news staff
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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.