A teenager in Florida has been arrested and charged for shooting his sister dead during an argument over their Christmas gifts.
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“Through their investigation, detectives learned Damarcus, 15-year-old Darcus Coley, and Abrielle, who are all siblings, went Christmas shopping with their mother and Abrielle’s 11-month-old and six-year-old sons,” added the police release.
“They then went to their grandmother’s home where Damarcus, Darcus, and Abrielle were involved in a verbal altercation over Christmas gifts.”
According toFox 13, Damarcus was upset that Darcus had more gifts than him.
“She was just a woman going about life with her two kids, trying to make a living and trying to make it,“they reported Pinellas County Sheriff Gualtieri as saying about Abrielle, who was a mother of two.
“This proliferation of guns on the streets and guns in this area and guns in the hands of these kids is the worst I’ve ever seen it,” Gualtieri added. “I don’t think we’ve ever seen it this bad.”
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After he fled the scene, Darcus contacted his mother and was later taken to a mental health facility following self-harm statements, according to the police report.
“He will be transferred to the custody of the Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center once he is released,” added the statemnent.
Damarcus has been charged with 1st Degree Murder, Child Abuse, and Delinquent in Possession of a Firearm. Darcus meanwhile has been charged with Attempted 1st Degree Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence.
The investigation is continuing, per the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
source: people.com
