DENVER | A 13-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a man whose leg was blocking the aisle on a Denver public bus has been charged as a juvenile with first-degree murder and other felonies, prosecutors said Thursday.
The Denver District Attorney’s Office is still considering whether to try to prosecute the boy as an adult, a decision which would ultimately be up to a judge, said office spokesperson Maro Casparian.
His name has not been released because he is a juvenile.
According to police, their investigation found the teen apparently got into a “verbal exchange” with a 60-year-old man before shooting him on the bus in southwest Denver on Jan. 27. A second person suffered a minor injury, police said.
The charges filed against the boy, which were first reported by The Denver Post, include two different kinds of first-degree murder charges alleging that he both killed someone after deliberation and by showing extreme indifference to human life.
The charges also include counts such as assault and endangering a public transport crew, which are felonies, and possessing a gun as a juvenile, which is a misdemeanor.
I rather like the idea of charging parents for their underage children’s heinous crimes. They allowed them to possess guns and were clearly unfit parents. When will children stop being born to people who have no business procreating? Having children is not a “right,” but a privilege that should be earned.
Reminder to everyone reading this, it’s not legal for law abiding citizens with permits to carry on RTD. Democrats would rather everyone on the train or bus be defenseless against the wannabe juvenile gangsters literally running the streets. And that is why I don’t ride RTD, even though there is a train station less than a mile from my house.
YES — Publish the photos and addresses of their fine parents.