A 12-year-old boy is being held in juvenile custody in connection with the killing of a 13-year-old in the District last month. However, the circumstances that led up to that shooting are quite different from what police initially said happened.
Ahmad Mims was found shot to death on a sidewalk on Rosedale Street NE in July. He was a rising eighth grader at KIPP Northeast Charter School.
The 12-year-old suspect was originally facing voluntary manslaughter charges, but a judge reduced the charges to involuntary manslaughter while armed after hearing evidence in court Thursday…