DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz denied the defense’s request on March 5 to transfer a shooting case from adult to juvenile court after the case was dismissed for lack of probable cause.
A 17-year-old juvenile defendant was originally charged with assault with intent to murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed, and two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in connection to his alleged involvement in a shooting at Union Station at the unit block of Massachusetts Avenue, NE on Feb. 6. There was one victim, a juvenile, who sustained a gunshot wound to his ankle.
The defendant was originally charged under Title 16, which allows juveniles to be tried as adults for certain serious offenses…