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Adult Designated Juvenile Charged in Robson Street Non-Fatal Shooting
Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 15-year-old juvenile male, of Detroit, in connection with the non-fatal shootings of a 15-year-old male victim, and a 16-year-old male victim, also of Detroit. The juvenile respondent is not being charged as an adult defendant; he has been adult designated. This means that upon conviction an adult designation allows the judge to 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.
On May 31, 2024, at approximately 9:16 p.m., Detroit police officers were dispatched a residence in the 13300 block of Lauder Street for a reported shooting. Upon their arrival, officers located the victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Medics arrived on the scene and transported the victims to a local hospital for treatment.
It is alleged that while the victims were walking around Robson Street and Lyndon Street in Detroit, the juvenile respondent produced and fired a handgun multiple times into a crowd, non-fatally wounding the 15-year-old and 16-year-old victims.
The juvenile respondent has been charged with five counts of Assault with Intent to Murder and five counts of Felony Firearm.*
The Preliminary Hearing was held this afternoon at 1:30 p.m., before Referee Leslie Graves, and the juvenile received a $50,000 cash/surety bond with a GPS tether. The Preliminary Examination is scheduled for June 17, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., before Judge Sheila Gibson.
*The charges are allegations and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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