17-year-old accused in mass murder of his own family in Indianapolis
Sources tell 13News the 17-year-old suspect in the Adams Street killings was upset after his parents refused to allow him to leave home. Author: Steve Jefferson Updated: 9:51 AM EST January 28, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS More details have surfaced about the mass murder of an Indianapolis family this week on the city s east side. Sources told 13News the 17-year-old suspect in the Adams Street killings was upset after his parents refused to allow him to leave home.
After an argument with his parents, the accused teenager reportedly used an assault-style rifle to fatally shoot everyone in the house on Jan. 24. The deceased 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 along with Elijah s 19-year-old girlfriend Kiara Hawkins and their unborn child referred to as Baby Boy Hawkins.
He’s currently set for trial on Feb. 1.
Breann Leath’s mother Jennifer told News 8 her family made the decision to seek the death penalty together.
“It’s really not fair that you get three square meals a day and you get to talk to your family and I don’t know if he’s got kids, you know I don’t know a lot about him, but he gets to do all those things, even if he’s in jail, he still gets to do those things,” said Jennifer Leath.
She said her daughter’s death not only impacted her family and friends, but the entire community.
Kiara Hawkins, 19, and four other people were gunned down Sunday morning at a home in Indianapolis
She was just days away from her due date when she died at a hospital, along with her unborn baby boy
Hawkins mother, Rhonique, shared her heartbreak with DailyMail.com, saying: I love and miss her dearly
A family friend told DailyMail.com the father of Hawkins baby lived at the house
The friend did not identify the father but said he was not the gunman
The other victims killed in the shooting were identified as mother Kezzie Childs, 42, father Raymond Childs Jr, 42, their son Elijah, 18, and daughter Rita, 13
Indianapolis shooting suspect, 17, arrested in murdering six family members at family home. Pictured, mother, Kezzie Childs. Image via Facebook.
Indianapolis shooting suspect, 17, arrested in murdering six family members at family home. Pictured, mother, Kezzie Childs, 42, and daughter, Rita, 13. Image via Facebook.
Indianapolis shooting suspect arrested: teen, 17, thought to have shot dead six members of his family, including a pregnant woman and her unborn child is arrested.
A teenage suspect has been arrested in the
mass shooting which left six people dead, including a woman who was eight months pregnant, at a home in
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victims were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds early Sunday morning at a home on Adams Street in the Northeast side of Indianapolis in Marion County.
Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said there was no legal basis for filing criminal charges.
Credit: WTHR/Frank Young Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 3:17 PM EST January 22, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS The Marion County Prosecutor s Office announced it will not file charges against the IMPD officers who fatally shot 19-year-old McHale Rose last May.
Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced the decision Friday, saying the officers : Following an extensive review, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office has concluded that there is no legal basis for filing criminal charges against four Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers involved in the May 7, 2020, shooting death of 19-year-old McHale Rose.
A comprehensive review of the evidence indicates that the actions of the four IMPD officers do not meet Indiana’s legal standard to support criminal charges.