Teenager charged with murder after mass shooting at Kentucky park
Latest update from CNN: 1 killed, 4 injured in shooting at park in Kentucky - CNN. Sixteen-year-old dead and four others wounded including two children at community celebration in Lexington Authorities in Kentucky charged an 18-year-old man with murder and several counts of assault after a shooting in Lexington park left a teenager dead and four others injured – one of multiple similar cases around the US over the weekend. Jametrius Griffin was arrested less than 24 hours after Saturday night’s mass shooting at Charles Young Park in the city’s downtown. According to the Lexington police department, officers responded to reports of gunfire in the park at about 7pm and found five people shot, including two adults, a 14-year-old and a four-year-old. A 16-year-old boy, named by the Fayette county coroner’s office as Di’Zhon Robertson, was declared dead at a local hospital, CBS News affiliate WLKY reported . Griffin, the outlet said, was charged with murder, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and tampering with physical evidence.
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Latest update from CNN: 1 killed, 4 injured in shooting at park in Kentucky - CNN. Sixteen-year-old dead and four others wounded including two children at community celebration in Lexington Authorities in Kentucky charged an 18-year-old man with murder and several counts of assault after a shooting in Lexington park left a teenager dead and four others injured – one of multiple similar cases around the US over the weekend. Jametrius Griffin was arrested less than 24 hours after Saturday night’s mass shooting at Charles Young Park in the city’s downtown. According to the Lexington police department, officers responded to reports of gunfire in the park at about 7pm and found five people shot, including two adults, a 14-year-old and a four-year-old. A 16-year-old boy, named by the Fayette county coroner’s office as Di’Zhon Robertson, was declared dead at a local hospital, CBS News affiliate WLKY reported . Griffin, the outlet said, was charged with murder, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and tampering with physical evidence.