FLAGSTAFF, Arizona - It’s a crime that police officers in a small eastern Arizona community can hardly fathom yet have to deal with: an 8-year-old charged in the fatal shootings of his father and another man. “Who would think an 8-year-old kid could kill two adults?” St. Johns Police Chief Roy Melnick said Friday.
The killings on Wednesday sent shock waves through St. Johns, a community of about 4,000 people. The boy had no disciplinary record at school, and there was no indication he had any problems at home, prosecutors said.
“It was such a tragedy,” said the boy’s defense attorney, Benjamin Brewer. “You have two people dead; you have an 8-year-old in jail. It tugs at the heart strings. It’s a shocker, no doubt about it.” On Friday, a judge determined there was probable cause to show that the boy fatally shot his father, Vincent Romero, 29, and Timothy Romans, 39, with a .22-caliber rifle. The boy faces two counts of premeditated murder. Under Arizona law, charges can be filed against anyone 8 or older.
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Boy, 8, charged in double-homicide - Crime & courts
:eek: Is that crazy or what?! What is this world coming to… :no:
Keeping this news bit in mind, but being open-minded, do you think any 8 year old is capable of committing such crimes?