15 Year Old To Be Tried As Adult in School Bus Shooting
Associated Press Release
MIAMI (AP) -- A 15-year-old accused of fatally shooting another student on a South Florida school bus will be tried as an adult.
The Miami Herald reports the teen will be transferred to the Miami-Dade County Jail after being on house arrest since the shooting just before Thanksgiving. His first appearance could come Thursday morning.
Authorities say 13-year-old Lourdes Guzman-DeJesus was killed when the teenager took a pistol out of his backpack while the bus was taking the students to school. It fired, striking Guzman-DeJesus in the neck. The shooting happened in front of the girl's 7-year-old sister.
The Herald reports the student will face formal charges of manslaughter, carrying a concealed firearm and possession of a firearm by a minor on Jan. 28.
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