MARGATE, Fla. — An 18-year-old man who confessed to shooting a teenage boy over his $150 chain was at the Broward County Main Jail on Friday in Fort Lauderdale, and he faced seven charges in a capital life case, records show.
Trentny Leak Jr. confessed to shooting the teen who was walking home on Oct. 13 in Margate, according to a police arrest report. Surveillance video recorded it from 527 South Rock Island Road, according to police.
Leak told a detective that his cousin was driving his mother’s black 2010 Nissan Altima when a man who was with them gave him a gun and “encouraged” him to steal the victim’s necklace, according to a police report…