Posted on 02/12/2022 11:26:49 AM PST by Steely Tom
Daniel Ruelas, a 16-year-old Hispanic man, faces 16 counts of attempted murder in a shooting that injured six Aurora Central High School students on November 15 in Nome Park.
Investigators note that the shooting appears to have been the result of a conflict between students belonging to some type of gang.
Ruelas was charged in the 18th Judicial District Court with 16 counts of attempted murder in the first degree; three counts of assault in the first degree; one charge of possession of a firearm by a minor and other charges including use of a deadly weapon and causing serious bodily injury.
Ruelas will be charged as an adult by the prosecution due to the nature and seriousness of the alleged crimes. The boy was one of four teens arrested in December in connection with the shooting, which took place outside Aurora Central High School two days before three students were injured in a shooting in the Hinkley High School parking lot. The incident has sparked a great deal of debate and commentary about youth violence. The other three suspects, all 15-year-old boys, have not been identified.
Witnesses to the shooting told police that around 12:45 p.m. on November 15, two cars arrived at the park. One had its windows down and inside, several people with masks covering their faces began to shoot.
Four students were transported to Children's Hospital Colorado with gunshot wounds, two other victims headed to local hospitals.
Police identified the cars involved in the shooting as a black Chevy Tahoe and a black Chrysler 300 through witness interviews and camera footage, and also interviewed a student who said he had been in a fight in Nome Park a week earlier and he wanted a rematch without weapons. He went to the park with a friend, who had recruited support from a group called the Polo Gang, according to his affidavit. Approximately nine of the gang members were standing next to a minivan next to the park.
Aurora police have said they are trying to determine what type of gangs were involved, as they do not appear to be related to the traditional Bloods, Crips, or Asian and Mexican gangs, often involved in drug sales and other crimes.
Another suspect said that some of his friends pulled up in the Chrysler and that he, Ruelas and others got into the Chrysler. He said Ruelas had a rifle that he had stolen from a home safe earlier that year, along with a pistol.
Ruelas was identified in a row of photos by several of the victims as one of the shooters. He is scheduled to appear in Arapahoe County District Court on July 20, according to the prosecutor's office.
Article was machine-translated from Spanish.
Contains a few facts I didn't know before.
We need to exterminate gangs like MS-13 that are in the US.
if they are old enough to dictate their preferred “gender” to their parents and doctors school etc.
then they are old enough to understand MURDER IS BAD... and pay for their sins!!!
Is he or is he not in the country legally?
But, Treyvon Martin was a 17-year-old African-American boy.
Sixteen years old is old enough to know better.
If the 14 year old that murdered 3 in Dallas isn’t charged as an adult after he is caught and extradited from Mexico, the Hispanic community in Dallas will vote Republican.
Soft on Crime DA’s aren’t playing well in the Hispanic community.
People raised by their single mom or grandma aren’t considered adults by them until about 23. Since they probably read at a 5th grade level, they may have a point.
The student was not hit by the shots, but his two friends and four innocent bystanders were.
Possibly "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight".
Aurora sure has gone to hell. It was a nice place when I was a kid and visited family there.
touche
Just stop it.I was raised by a single Mom from age 5 .
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Police identified the cars involved in the shooting as a black Chevy Tahoe and a black Chrysler 300LOL
As well he should be.
I honestly would have no problem reducing the “adult” line for murder to 12. It sort of aligns with the Old Testament Israel rules. When I was twelve, I knew what the heck I was doing regarding the preservation or ending of human life.
I mistyped. I meant to type “A people” and not “People”.
Underage people cannot be held responsible for doing adult things. They are children.
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