According to the Star & Sickle article it says Murder 2
“Byron Smith, a retired security engineer for the U.S. Department of State, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder in the slayings of cousins Nick Brady, 17, and Haile Kifer, 16”
I don’t know which article you read, but they sure wrote more than one article on it, and continue to.
The charge is first-degree premeditated murder.