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Six murder charges were filed against 17-year-old Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, online court records show. Childs was also charged with attempted murder and carrying a handgun without a license.
Childs is accused of shooting Raymond Childs Jr., 42; Kezzie Childs, 42; Elijah Childs, 18; Rita Childs, 13; and Kiara Hawkins, 19, and her unborn son at a home in the 3500 block of Adams Street Sunday morning.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers initially responded to the 3300 block of East 36th Street on a report of a person shot. Officers found a juvenile boy, later identified as Raymond Childs’s 15-year-old brother, who had been shot. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
Childs III was identified as the gunman by his younger brother
Xavier Childs, who suffered gunshot wounds as he fled from the home, police said. Xavier, 15, remains hospitalized but is expected to recover.
Police previously withheld the suspect’s name due to his age. It was released after the charges were filed in adult court due to the severity of the alleged crimes.
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Credit: Marion County Prosecutor s Office
The gun allegedly used in the mass murder of a family on Adams Street in Indianapolis on Jan. 24.
The victims are the teen suspect s 42-year-old father Raymond Childs, his mother Kezzie, 42, a 13-year-old sister Rita and his 18-year-old brother Elijah Childs. Also killed were Elijah s 19-year-old girlfriend Kiara Hawkins and their unborn child, referred to as Baby Boy Hawkins.
Credit: Childs family
Raymond and Kezzie Childs
Another sibling, injured by gunfire, escaped the home in the 3500 block of Adams Street and ran to a neighborhood house for help. That sibling told responding officers what led to the gunfire, according to IMPD.
INDIANAPOLIS â A 17-year-old believed to be the gunman in an early Sunday shooting that claimed the lives of five people and an unborn child is facing multiple murder charges.
Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III has been formally charged with six counts of murder, attempted murder and carrying a handgun without a license, according to court records.
Childs was arrested Monday and stands accused of fatally shooting members of his family after a dispute inside their near-northside home.
In Indiana, a 17-year-old charged with murder must be tried in adult court. However, the death penalty canât be used with a minor. Life without parole remains a possible sentence.