Witnesses say suspect waved gun around before NYD shooting that killed 15-year-old girl

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — The suspect accused of killing a 15-year-old girl on New Year’s Day was waving the gun, and pointing it at people before the shooting, according to court records obtained by ABC 7 News.

Jeremiah Luke Lajuan Matthews, 17, is charged with manslaughter, in the shooting death of 15-year-old Brynlee Hampton.

Around 1:10 a.m. Thursday, police were called to a reported shooting in the 6000 block of Westwind Ave., where officers located a vehicle. Hampton, identified in court documents by her initials, was a front-seat passenger and had been shot. She was transported to Northwest Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead…

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