Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 16-year-old boy from Detroit with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy, also from Detroit, at a hotel party.
Officials say the 16-year-old is not being charged as an adult but as an adult designated, meaning upon conviction, a judge will have the option of sentencing the respondent as a juvenile or as an adult or to fashion a blended juvenile sentence with the option of imposing an adult sentence if the juvenile is not rehabilitated.
Officials said when they arrived at the hotel, they located the 15-year-old unresponsive in the restroom, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.
EMS arrived at the scene, where they pronounced the teen dead.
Officials say the 16-year-old pulled out a gun into the hotel room multiple times, fatally shooting the teen before fleeing the scene. Detroit police arrested the 16-year-old after an investigation.
The 16-year-old has been charged with one count of second-degree murder, one count of discharge at a building causing death, and two counts of felony firearm.
The preliminary hearing was held Tuesday (March 12) afternoon, and the teen was remanded to the juvenile detention facility.
