The State of the union : USA Today – 12 Year Old Juvenile charged for Triple Murder
The three victims – two 16-year-old girls and a 17-year-old boy – were shot at the same time on March 30, Marion County, Ocklawaha, Florida Sheriff Billy Woods announced in an emotional news conference.
Their bodies were found in separate locations in Ocklawaha, Florida, on March 30, March 31 and April 1.
Two juveniles have already been arrested and authorities were searching for a third after a triple murder last week in Ocala.. All three are charged by the police with first-degree murder.
One of the juveniles is just 12 years old. He was arrested last week in connection with a different case: a disturbance at his school. This is what the American society has come to. A definite sign of acute social sickness and degeneration.
Another defendant, age 17, was arrested at his home. The third, age 16, remained at large Friday morning.
Woods said the two juveniles in custody made incriminating statements about their involvement in the shootings.
Sheriff’s officials believe the three defendants and the three victims were burglarizing vehicles, a practice known as “car hopping.”
In such cases, thieves work an area looking for unlocked vehicles.
Woods would not say how many firearms were involved in this case. But he did say one gun was obtained by the defendants in a vehicle burglary.
Woods said robbery was the motive for the killings, though he did not elaborate. All six were together at the time of the deaths.
While urging the public to help turn in the third defendant, Woods said all six had connections to local “gangs.”
“They took a life without thought. They deserve the full extent of the law,” he said.
