Baby Boy Hawkins.”
Elijah and Rita were the defendant’s siblings, according to
IndyStar. Court records cited by the outlet showed that Elijah was in a relationship with Hawkins, and lived in the home.
The murder allegedly happened amid a spat over whether the teen defendant could stay Saturday night at his girlfriend’s home. In this version of events, a woman identified as Childs III’s girlfriend said that his father called him to return home. He did, but he later came back to his girlfriend’s residence with two bags of clothes, claiming his father kicked him out. Childs III allegedly feigned ignorance when the girlfriend got an alert half an hour later about there being a shooting on Adams Street, where his family lived.
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Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III killed five members of his family (Indianapolis Metro Police Department)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: A 17-year-old boy will be tried as an adult after being accused of fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives, and a 19-year-old pregnant woman in the family s Indianapolis home. Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III has been charged with six counts of murder in connection with the slayings, as announced by prosecutors on Thursday, January 28.
The Marion County Prosecutor s Office also charged Ronald Childs III with one count of attempted murder and one count of carrying a handgun without a license, according to WTHR. His trial has been set for April. Our community has suffered another trauma with the tragic loss of this family. Gun violence continues to take and damage too many lives, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said. Our task now is to bring these allegations before the court. We intend to seek justice for the vict
The 17-year-old male suspect awaiting formal charges after his arrest Monday in connection to what Indianapolis authorities described as a “mass murder” that left six people, including an unborn child, dead and a seventh person wounded over the weekend will likely be charged in adult court.