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Man taken To Court For Hattieville Murder and Shooting Ten Year Old
posted (April 25, 2012)
2 weeks ago, 7News told you about 32 year-old Eleno Requena who was shot and killed while he was carrying a child on his back in Hattieville. Late yesterday evening, his alleged killer was arraigned in Magistrate's Court.

22 year-old Allan Sommerville Jr., a laborer of Hattieville Village, was brought before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. He stands charged with 1 count of murder for Requena's death, as well as 1 count of attempted murder, 1 count of grievous harm, and 1 count of use of deadly means of harm, all for the shooting of 10 year-old Camron Williams.

Sommerville has been remanded until June 13, 2012.

As we reported, Requena was on the shoulder of the Cornel English Bridge in Hattieville at around 8 p.m. on April 9; he had 10 year-old Williams on his back, and they both were heading home.

That's when a person dressed in dark clothing came up close to Requena and shot him in the midsection. Requena died on the spot

The child was shot in his left foot, and the bullet exited and then penetrated his right foot.

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