A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and accused of killing a 14-year-old boy in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The juvenile is accused of killing 14-year-old Christopher Speed Jr., who was found shot to death on March 31 just before 7 a.m. in the remote 9900 block of Almonaster Avenue, according to the Orleans Parish Coroner’s office.
New Orleans police, working in conjunction with the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office, arrested the suspected teen gunman Wednesday morning after serving an arrest warrant for a count of second-degree murder at a home in Chalmette.
Police said the 13-year-old was arrested “without incident,” and later was transferred from the St. Bernard Parish Juvenile Center to New Orleans’ Juvenile Justice Intervention center, where he will await a continued custody hearing.
The boy was booked and is now in the New Orleans Juvenile Justice Intervention Center.
The accused killer’s identity has not been disclosed by authorities, even though juvenile shield laws do not prevent such public disclosures in cases involving crimes of violence.
Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Homicide Det. Miles Guirreri at 504-658-5300.
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