Juvenile boy charged with murder after fatal shooting in Montgomery

Rebecca Burylo | Montgomery Advertiser

Show Caption Hide Caption Coral Lane shootings press conference Officials discuss the shootings of two juveniles on Coral Lane.

MONTGOMERY — One juvenile boy has been charged with murder Tuesday after two others were shot — one fatally — in the 1700 block of Coral Lane on Monday afternoon.

A 9-year-old boy was killed and a 16-year-old boy was wounded in the upper body after both were shot by a single round fired from a handgun inside a home, MPD spokeswoman Capt. Regina Duckett said during a news conference.

The 9-year-old is related to the juvenile boy in custody, she said.

MPD said the juvenile was charged with murder (reckless) and is at the Montgomery County Youth Detention Facility. Police refuse to identify the boy because he is being charged as a juvenile.

Duckett confirmed there was a "responsible teenager" inside the home at the time of the shooting, but would not confirm if the teenager was the 16-year-old who was shot.

The 9-year-old's death is the third shooting death this year involving a juvenile.

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In May, 14-year-old Ja’Querria Timmons, a student at Bellingrath Middle School, was shot and killed moments after school let out and another juvenile was taken into custody.

Ja’Querria was shot on the front lawn of St. James Missionary Baptist Church No. 2 on South Court Street and died in surgery less than an hour later at Baptist South Hospital.

Earlier this year in March, Maribel Rosales Barrera, 13 and a student at Capitol Heights Middle School, was shot and died in her home on Park Avenue.

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She was killed by what MPD officials described as a spray of gunfire with no intended target. Her house was penetrated by at least three bullets.

Montgomery Public Schools issued a statement concerning the shooting at Coral Lane indicating that counselors would be at Seth Johnson Elementary School, located near the place of the shooting, to talk with students, parents and staff this week. However, the spokesman of MPS, Tom Salter, would not confirm if the children who were shot attended school there.

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"This is an unimaginable tragedy," the statement read. "There is little we can say other than the MPS family is grieving along with the relatives of those who were lost or injured. Our prayers are for comfort for those who grieve and for peace in our city."

At about 2:30 p.m. Monday, the home on Coral Lane was the scene of a large police presence, as well as several high-ranking city officials, including Mayor Todd Strange, Montgomery District Attorney Darryl Bailey, Montgomery Police Chief Ernest Finley and Montgomery Public Safety Director Chris Murphy.

A body was removed from the home and placed into a white van mid-afternoon.

"The family is grieved by this, the city is grieved by this," Murphy said during the news conference. "This is an unfortunate situation for everyone involved."