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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
Nancy Grace, host of Crime Stories on Fox Nation, breaks down the case in Indianapolis.
A 17-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives and a 19-year-old pregnant woman in the family’s Indianapolis home has been charged with six counts of murder in connection with the slayings, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday, was charged as an adult with six counts of murder, including one count for the death of the woman’s unborn child, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced at a news conference. The baby had been due to be born in one week, Mears said.
Nancy Grace, host of Crime Stories on Fox Nation, breaks down the case in Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis teenager accused of killing six people at his family’s home, including a pregnant woman and her unborn baby boy, had been scolded by his father shortly before the mass murder, according to a recent report.
The 17-year-old is in custody after the Sunday morning killings, when he allegedly opened fire on the five people inside, according to police and local affiliate FOX 59. Charges have not yet been announced, although they are reportedly expected by Thursday.
Police received a report of a person shot just before 4 a.m. Sunday in Indianapolis, according to a press release from the Indianapolis Metro Police Department (IMPD). Officers arrived to find a juvenile male the suspect’s brother near the home with what appeared to be gunshot wounds, police and the report said.
gun violence … what happened this morning was a mass murder,’ the mayor said.
Law enforcement are looking into whether the shooters illegally obtained the guns and will also investigate who is responsible for supplying the guns, Mayor Hogsett said.
Chief of the Indianapolis Metro Police Department,
Randal Taylor, said the violence was Indianapolis’ ‘largest mass casualty shooting’ in over a decade, the report said.
Raymond Childs, 42, and Elijah Childs, 18, identified as victims of Adam st, Indianapolis shooting.
Unending violence in community
As of Sunday afternoon, police said they did not have any named suspects related to the shootings, but that they believed more than one shooter could have been involved