A teen who was 14 in 2021 when he was charged with four murders in Cincinnati will be prosecuted as an adult. A juvenile court judge made the ruling on Monday.
Police: Shooters reign of terror lasted 3 weeks, claimed 4 lives
Four men and one teenage accomplice held a brief but deadly âreign of terrorâ over Cincinnati in early February, police Lt. Col. Lisa Davis said in a Thursday news briefing.
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Four men and one teenage accomplice held a brief but deadly âreign of terrorâ over Cincinnati in early February, police Lt. Col. Lisa Davis said in a Thursday news briefing.
People who knew them knew what was happening, Davis added â if not the specifics, enough to spend the first three weeks of January in fear.
It s costly now : 14-year-old among five people indicted in contract killing plot
Authorities: Murder-for-hire plot accounts for one-third of city s fatal shootings
Authorities believe that five people, one of them a 14-year-old boy, are responsible for nearly one third of the deadly shootings in Cincinnati this year
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CINCINNATI â Authorities believe that five people, one of them a 14-year-old boy, are responsible for nearly one-third of the deadly shootings in Cincinnati this year, all through a murder-for-hire plot.
The five were indicted Wednesday in the plot that left four dead and three others wounded in multiple shootings across the city between late January and early February.
Four men, 14-year-old charged with Cincinnati contract killings
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Five people â the youngest a 14-year-old boy â were indicted Wednesday in connection to a shooting spree that claimed four lives between Jan. 31 and Feb. 18.
Two of the murders were for pay, prosecutors wrote in a news release announcing the indictments. Two were incidental â one friend of an intended target, one person they encountered on their way to a different confrontation.
The group faces a total of 79 charges, including 38 counts of murder and aggravated murder.
All five suspects, including the 14-year-old, could be sentenced to life imprisonment if convicted.