Posted on 03/22/2013 1:49:26 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
Brunswick, Georgia (CNN) -- Two teenagers were arrested Friday in the shooting death of a 13-month-old boy who was in his stroller, according to police in Brunswick, Georgia.
The suspects are a 17-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy, Police Chief Tobe Green told reporters Friday. He said they are being held on suspicion of first-degree murder.
Green identified the older suspect as Demarquis Elkins, saying he will be treated as an adult in criminal proceedings. The 14-year-old was not identified because of his age.
"We are turning every stone to get a motive," said Green. A weapon has not been found.
Police offered a $10,000 reward for information and have received more than 30 leads.
Sherry West earlier told reporters that the incident occurred at 9 a.m. Thursday as she was walking home from the post office, pushing her son Antonio in a stroller. She said she saw two boys.
"A boy approached me and told me he wanted my money, and I told him I didn't have any money," she said. "And he said, 'Give me your money or I'm going to kill you and I'm going to shoot your baby and kill your baby,' and I said, "I don't have any money and don't kill my baby." The boy tried to grab her purse and opened fire when she said tried to tell him she had no money, West said, grazing her head. She said the boy then shot her in the leg.
She continued, "And then, all of a sudden, he walked over and he shot my baby in the face."
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I considered that, however also that perhaps the next-door neighbor was the aunt instead. Also, if it was the mother, perhaps it was long ago enough that she might not have recognized the son after a few years from growing from a pre-pubescent to a 17-year-old. Furthermore, the mother having a criminal history, I figured it was possible her children were taken away from her at some point, leaving open the idea that she resided next to West without her son. And statements by the police about it being strictly random are not to be taken as accurate simply at face value, we all know how badly the cops can blow it sometimes.
Here read the Grand Jury indictment:
Thanks for posting that. Seems like a slam-dunk if the pistol is a ballistics match.
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