A 15-year-old boy allegedly gunned down his teenage classmate after the sufferer bumped him within the hallway of their Florida highschool — and officers are actually in search of to cost him as an grownup, in accordance with authorities.
Jacori Redding, 15, and Pinien Dalmacy, 16, ran into one another whereas strolling within the hallway of Oak Ridge Excessive College in Sky Lake on Oct. 9, and bought into an argument, Orange County Sheriff John Mina mentioned throughout a press convention.
The 2 sophomores agreed to struggle at a close-by park after college after Redding reportedly refused to apologize to Dalmacy for the unintentional bump, Mina mentioned.
Redding allegedly shot Dalmacy twice on the park earlier than fleeing to his highschool campus, police mentioned.
Cops caught him and arrested him within the college’s cafeteria, the place the gun was present in his bag, authorities added.
Redding was initially arrested on a juvenile custody order for manslaughter with a firearm and possession of a firearm on college property expenses, Mina mentioned.
He’ll now be charged as an grownup, WESH reported Wednesday, citing prosecutors.
“My coronary heart aches for Pinien’s household, who’re grieving this unimaginable loss,” Mina informed reporters.
“And I’m indignant that one thing as small as bumping into somebody within the halls of a highschool can lead to a taking pictures demise,” he mentioned.
Redding had been disciplined no less than 17 instances for bodily altercations at the highschool and already confronted expenses for grand theft auto and resisting an officer with out violence, WESH reported.
Investigators additionally uncovered a textual content thread the place Redding wrote he was going to make somebody assume they have been going to struggle, then “pop” the particular person, the outlet mentioned.
A GoFundMe for Dalmacy described him as “full of sunshine, at all times smiling, at all times dancing, and cherished by everybody who knew him.”
“My life modified eternally when my child was taken from me after one thing so small a hallway bump was one thing unthinkable. Dropping him this manner has left our household fully damaged,” Dalmacy’s grieving mom wrote in a press release for the fundraiser.
“Watching his brother and sisters cry for him and reliving that second daily is insufferable,” she mentioned.
The alleged teen shooter was slated to look in court docket subsequent Wednesday for a listening to to resolve if he must be held in jail earlier than going to trial.
Redding faces as much as 30 years in jail if convicted, WFTV reported.
