The Brief
- The FOX 9 Investigators spent a year following a Minnesota teenager’s journey through the juvenile justice system as his alleged criminal behavior escalated.
- Hennepin County has been unable to find an appropriate care facility for the teen and is currently refusing to take custody of him despite a court order.
- The 13-year-old has a violent criminal past and is accused of shooting someone at a Minneapolis bus stop last November.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A teenager’s year-long journey through Minnesota’s juvenile justice system is exposing the state’s failure to provide adequate care and rehabilitation for young children accused of committing violent crimes.
Teenager accused of shooting someone at a bus stop last year
What we know:
The FOX 9 Investigators started tracking the now 13-year-old boy’s legal cases after he was first detained last August. He was illegally locked up in the Hennepin County Juvenile Justice Center for several weeks because there was nowhere else for him to go for care.
After he was ultimately released back to his family, the teenager was accused of shooting someone at a bus stop last November, according to court records reviewed by the FOX 9 Investigators.…