Erie police have charged an Erie teenager as an adult in a reported robbery and shooting that wounded a 25-year-old man in early December.
Police on Wednesday filed charges including first-degree felony counts of aggravated assault and robbery against 17-year-old Aaron J. Raiford Jr. in the Dec. 5 incident, which happened in the 300 block of East 23rd Street.
Erie police said they learned of the shooting when the 25-year-old walked into UPMC Hamot for treatment of a gunshot wound to the arm.
The investigating detective wrote in the criminal complaint filed against Raiford that the victim told police he met with Raiford to sell Raiford something. The victim said Raiford took him to the front door of a residence as the victim awaited to get paid, and as they stood on the front porch Raiford attempted to rob him and pulled out a gun, the detective wrote in the complaint’s affidavit of probable cause.
The victim said he told Raiford he had nothing, and as he attempted to get away Raiford shot him in the right arm, according to information in the affidavit.