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14 Year Old Male Charged For Shooting 14 Year Old Female
posted (September 3, 2012)
And while police don't have suspects for shooting those two women - they do have the men who allegedly shot a 14 year old girl on Thursday.

14 year-old Desiree Aranda, was injured by a stray bullet as she was eating dinner in her house. Well, today, the males who police believe fired the shots, were all taken to Magistrate's Court - and two of them area minors - one fo them the same age of the victim.

On Saturday, police arrested and charged 18 year-old Adrian Alvarez, a 16 year-old minor, and a 14 year-old minor jointly for conspiracy to commit murder.

The 16 year-old was also charged with 2 counts of attempted murder, 1 count of aggravated assault, 1 count of dangerous harm, and 1 count of use of deadly means of harm.

All 3 accused were taken before Magistrate Aretha Ford where they were arraigned for the conspiracy charge. Due to the nature of the offence, Magistrate Ford could not grant them bail, and they were remanded into custody until October 10, their next court date.

The 16 year-old minor was taken to Family Court this afternoon, where he was arraigned alone for the other 5 charges. As we reported, at 5:38 p.m. on Thursday, 3 men on bicycles pulled up at the corner of Park Street and La Croix Boulevard, and one of them fired 4 shots at Kingsley Morrison and Kimberly Michael. They missed, but one stray bullet penetrated Aranda's house, which is nearby.

That bullet struck her in the lower right side of her back, and she was taken to the hospital, where she was treated and released on Friday.

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