The district attorney said he plans to try a 14-year-old accused of murder in Gastonia as an adult.
The 15-year-old victim was shot and killed in her home on Christmas Eve.
Gastonia police arrest teen suspect in 15-year-old girl’s shooting death
Channel 9′s Ken Lemon spoke with Shamiya Walker’s Aunt who doesn’t understand how or why a 14-year-old would have a gun.
Kenyetta Glover hopes investigators can answer those questions and she is praying for justice.
“Terrible, it was just like … I can’t even really explain it,” Glover said. “It hurts so bad.”
She planned to go by her sister’s home on Barkley Street in Gastonia to see her niece.
However, late that morning the 14-year-old shot her inside a second-floor apartment.
The 14-year-old who isn’t being named because of his age stayed on the run for week until the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force captured him.
Glover said she had never heard of the 14-year-old before the day of the shooting.
He currently faces a juvenile charge of second-degree murder.