The twin brother of a Birmingham teen who was killed while the pair was trying to steal a car has now been indicted in his shooting death.

A Jefferson County grand jury on March 9 issued the murder indictment against 18-year-old Kenneth Miller, according to court records made public Tuesday. He is charged in the Jan. 3 slaying of Elie Jameel Miller.

Elie Miller was the city's first homicide of the year, and it happened just before 10 p.m. that night at King City Food Mart on Warrior Road. Birmingham police and firefighters were dispatched on a call of shots fired. When they arrived on the scene, they found Elie Miller unresponsive in the grass behind the store.

First responders started CPR on the teen, but their efforts to save him were unsuccessful.

Police said the investigation showed Elie Miller, along with his twin brother, entered a car that was left running outside with a female passenger still inside. The driver of the car was inside the store making a purchase when he looked outside the store's window and saw two black males inside his vehicle.

It appears the driver went out and confronted the men, who were attempting to take his car and possibly harm his passenger. A physical altercation ensued, and shots were fired. Both brothers fled the scene on foot, but Elie Miller collapsed behind the store. Kenneth Miller, police said, returned to the scene after realizing his twin brother was shot.

Kenneth Miller is charged with murder under the state's felony murder law which allows a person to be charged with murder if they are participating in a felony crime that results in death, whether or not that person actually pulled the trigger.

The indictment states that Kenneth Miller did cause the death of Elie Miller by causing the shooter to justifiably shoot Elie Miller with a pistol.

Kenneth Miller was charged several days after his brother died and released from the Jefferson County Jail on Feb. 21 on $50,000 bond. A trial date has not yet been set.