12-year-old boy charged with murder in fatal shooting of 11-year-old. Mourning mother says, 'These are kids. They should have been playing in a sandbox somewhere'



Police in Clayton County, Georgia, have charged an unidentified 12-year-old boy with murder and various other crimes after he allegedly shot and killed an 11-year-old boy this week.

What are the details?

In a pair of posts on their Facebook page, the Clayton County Police Department said they responded to a shooting incident involving at least two juveniles early Thursday evening near the 6000 block of Westbury Road in Riverdale.

Upon arriving on the scene, they reportedly discovered that an 11-year-old boy, later identified as Elyjah Munson, had been shot. The child died on site.

On Friday, police arrested the 12-year-old for his role in the incident and charged him as a juvenile with a host of crimes — including murder, aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of a firearm under 18, and first-degree cruelty to children.

The two boys lived in a nearby apartment complex and had been walking in a group when the shooting occurred, WAGA-TV reported.

Further details regarding the incident are currently sparse as police continue to conduct an investigation.

Police spokeswoman, Officer Halekia Helm, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “In an effort to maintain the integrity of this investigation, we are not releasing premature information in reference to this case."

What else?

Reporters from WAGA, however, were able to provide some more information after speaking with the victim's family and neighbors who reportedly witnessed the incident.

The victim's mother, Kendall Munson, told the outlet that the incident happened as a result of an argument between the two boys.

She noted that she had moved with her children out of Chicago at her parents' request. She was trying to flee violence in the Windy City but it ultimately followed her family to Georgia.

Munson added that her other son, who is just 12 years old, witnessed the shooting.

"He witnessed it and he just kept saying, ‘They left my brother lying there.’ This is crazy," Munson said.

In response to the announcement of charges on Friday, Munson, overcome with grief, expressed mixed feelings.

"I honestly don't know how to feel. That baby is 12. My baby is 11. These are kids," she said. "They should have been playing in a sandbox somewhere."

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Anything else?

Neighbor Jerry Shepherd told WAGA that he and his wife also witnessed the fatal shooting. He reported that "one of them was saying, ‘You play too much man,’ and he pulled out a gun and shot him in the head."

Police are reportedly now working to find out more information about the charged 12-year-old and his family. Of particular interest is how exactly the child obtained a gun, who the owner of the gun is, and whether or not that person will be charged.

This is a developing story and may be updated.

Three kids ages 12 to 15 wanted for murder and home invasion lead police on a wild 120 mph chase



A group of kids aged 12 to 15 were arrested in Georgia on Friday after leading police on a wild 120 m.p.h. highway chase — three of them were wanted on murder and home invasion charges.

What are the details?

Police in Camden County, Georgia, had to use spike strips to stop a black Honda Accord they encountered traveling southbound on Interstate 95 at dangerous speeds Friday night, according to a post on the Kingsland Police Department's Facebook page.

Officers reportedly first noticed the car traveling 96 m.p.h. on the highway and attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver responded by speeding up to 120 m.p.h. in an attempt to flee. The vehicle eventually exited the interstate and made a U-turn allowing the officers to lay down the strips.

Upon successfully stopping the vehicle, officers discovered that it was a 12-year-old boy who had been driving. Inside the vehicle were three more passengers all under the age of 15.

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But the shocking news only continued after officers ran the occupants' names through a police database and discovered that three of them, including the driver, had active warrants out for their arrest for home invasion and second-degree murder in Duval County, Florida.

In all, police arrested three boys aged 12, 14, and 15, along with a 15-year-old girl. The four individuals are currently being held at a youth detention center, WJAX-TV reported.

The 12-year-old faces a litany of new charges as a result of the high-speed chase, including theft by bringing stolen property into the state, speeding, reckless driving, fleeing and attempting to elude, and fugitive from justice.

The other occupants face charges of theft by receiving stolen property and with fugitive from justice.

What else?

Authorities have so far refused to say which deadly home invasion the juveniles were arrested for taking part in, though WJAX pointed to a report from last week involving a group of minors breaking into a home on Huron St. and killing a 28-year-old man.

The break-in was reportedly caught on surveillance video and showed seven boys and one girl coming into the house, five of them with handguns.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office sent the news outlet the following statement: "It does appear at least two of the subjects located in the stolen vehicle in Georgia are tied to an active investigation here in Jacksonville. Detectives continue to work diligently to identify those that may have played a part in the crime. As such, we are unable to provide additional details into the investigation at this time — to do so would impede further investigative efforts, arrests and/or prosecution."

12-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting a 13-year-old



A 12-year-old boy from Washington, D.C., has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing a 13-year-old boy, police announced Monday.

The suspect, whose name has not been released to the public, is being charged as a juvenile, ABC News reported. The outlet noted that the incident took place outside a shopping center in Prince George's County, Maryland, over the weekend.

What happened?

Around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, officers with the Prince George's County Police Department responded to a reported stabbing at the Ritchie Station Marketplace shopping center in Forestville, Maryland, located right off the beltway.

When they arrived on the scene, they found a 13-year-old boy suffering from stab wounds that were not life threatening. He was transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, but has since been released.

However, lying next to the stabbing victim, police also found a 13-year-old boy later identified as King Douglas, who was suffering from a gunshot wound. Police confirmed that Douglas was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers reportedly said they do not believe the shooting to be random. Rather, they believe the violence stemmed from some sort of confrontation.

"The preliminary investigation revealed the shooting and stabbing stemmed from a dispute between two groups of juveniles in the shopping center," police said in a statement, according to WRC-TV.

Investigators are still looking for a separate suspect they believe is responsible for the stabbing attack and have asked the public to come forward with any information about the incident.

Anything else?

The incident is just the latest in a string of crimes committed by juveniles in the D.C. area in recent months.

In March, the tragic killing of an Uber Eats driver at the hands of two teenage girls — aged 13 and 15 — in the nation's capital shocked the country.

The girls reportedly attacked the driver, 66-year-old Pakistani immigrant Mohammad Anwar, with a stun gun nearby Nationals Park, causing the car to flip on its side. The vehicle raced around a sharp turn before hitting a curb. Anwar was expelled from the vehicle during the accident and died from his injuries.