Teen admits to reckless homicide charge, father indicted in shooting death of 11-year-old Nelsonville boy
The Athens County Prosecutor s Office said the 14-year-old admitted in court to a charge of reckless homicide in the death of 11-year-old Eli Spangler.
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio A 14-year-old boy charged in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old Nelsonville boy admitted to an allegation of reckless homicide in court Tuesday, according to the Athens County Prosecutor s Office.
According to the police report, Eli Spangler was at his friend s house on March 6 when the 14-year-old got a gun out of the cabinet to show it off.
A Nelsonville teen and his father were charged in connection to the March death of Eli Spangler, 11.
Mason Platt, 14, was adjudicated as delinquent by Athens County Juvenile Court Judge Zach Saunders. He reportedly admitted Tuesday in Athens County Juvenile Court to the charge of reckless homicide, according to an Athens County Prosecutorâs Office press release.
Platt was reportedly playing with a firearm that went off and killed Spangler on March 6 at Plattâs home, the prosecutorâs office said.
In addition, Plattâs father, Donald Platt, 37, of Nelsonville was indicted Tuesday morning by an Athens County Grand Jury on charges of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; endangering children, a third-degree felony; and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, according to court documents.
NELSONVILLE – Jessica Pyke is feeling relief for the first time in almost three months.
On Tuesday, a 14-year-old Nelsonville boy pleaded guilty in Athens County Juvenile Court for recklessly killing Pyke s firstborn son while playing with a gun.
Eli Spangler was 11, when he was shot and killed on March 6.
On Monday, Pyke was sitting on her front porch, fidgeting with a cigarette and unable to wrap her mind around the fact that someone had finally been charged in Eli s death after weeks without answers.
Less than a day later, she watched as the friend who shot her son pleaded guilty in Judge Zach Saunders courtroom. The boy s father, Donald Platt, who was home the night Eli was killed, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, tampering with evidence and child endangerment, both third-degree felonies, according to the Athens County Prosecutor s Office.
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An Athens County teenager was charged in connection to the March death of a Nelsonville boy.
Mason Platt, 14, of Nelsonville, was charged Friday in Athens County Juvenile Court with reckless homicide, a news release from the Athens County Prosecutorâs Office stated.
âPlatt is accused of recklessly causing the death of Eli Spangler by playing with a firearm,â according to the news release.
Spangler, 11, of Nelsonville, was killed on March 6 at a home in the city. Nelsonville Police Department officers were dispatched early that morning in response to reports of a juvenile being shot.
Police at the time arrived at a residence on Walnut Street in Nelsonville and began performing CPR on Spangler until Athens County EMS and Nelsonville Fire Department arrived and took over treatment. The boy was transported to OhioHealth OâBleness Hospital where he was pronounced dead.