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APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — An 11-year-old who is accused of taking a gun from his mother’s vehicle & shooting 2 teens following an argument at football practice will remain in custody for 3 more weeks, a judge in Florida ruled Wednesday.
The child began sobbing after the judge ruled against a request for home detention. He is charged with 1 count of attempted second-degree murder.
“It’s a tragedy for everybody involved, but this is a problem with the parents, this isn’t the children,” The child’s attorney, Robert Mandell said. “This started with a group of 13-year-olds bullying an 11-year-old. They wouldn’t let him eat, they attacked him, they threw him on the ground, he did what he could, didn’t even understand the consequences, which is clear, he gets in the back seat because he wants to go home.”
The child had been chased & attacked by the shooting victims, with a witness telling detectives 1 of the shooting victims had slapped him in the face.
The juveniles began arguing during football practice Monday night, Apopka police said. The younger child retrieved a gun from his mother’s SUV parked at the sports complex & fired a shot that struck 1 teen in the arm & the other in the torso.
Surveillance video showed 1 of the victims chasing the 11-year-old before the shooting.
“The mother stated that her son had known the gun had been inside the vehicle, but she had told him prior not to handle the gun & that the gun was for her protection,” the police report said.
She may face a second-degree misdemeanor charge of leaving a gun unsecured.
The victims were taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando. Their injuries were not considered life-threatening. The teen who was shot in the torso underwent surgery & that the other teen was treated & released.
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