The 16-year-old accused of fatally shooting another teenager at a Miami-Dade park was denied bond over the weekend after facing a judge for the first time since his extradition from North Carolina.
Samuel Eugene Boyd, 16, is being tried as an adult and is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the April 8 shooting at Naranja Park, authorities said.
Boyd appeared before a Miami-Dade judge following his return from Charlotte, where he was arrested with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service and local police.
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the victim, 18-year-old Alejandro Morales, had been playing sports when he and Boyd got into a verbal altercation. Investigators said the argument escalated, and Boyd pulled out a firearm and shot Morales, who later died from his injuries…