Judge: Boy, 12, will be tried as adult in double homicide

A judge in Pennsylvania had denied a 12 year old boy from being tried in a juvenile court. Jordan Brown, the 12 year-old boy, is being charged as an adult for the shooting of this father's pregnant girlfriend. The police say that the boy had shot Kenzie Marie Houk, who was 8 months pregnant, one in her farmhouse when he was 11. He is being charged with criminal homicide and homicide of an unborn child. Houk's 4 year old daughter found her mom in bead and told some local landscapers about her mom and the landscapers located the police. In Pennsylvania, anyone over the age of 10, accused of murder or homicide, will be charged as an adult. If he is convicted, he will serve maximum life in prison. The weapon used was a youth 20-gauge shotgun and the shooting doesn't seem to be accidental.



I believe that there is some reason why the 12 year old boy thought that he needed to shoot his dads pregnant girlfriend. I would guess that he was feeling left out since there was already a small child and a new baby on the way. I don't think that he should be tried as an adult. I believe that this was all an honest mistake. I would guess that he was pretending to shoot the gun and didn't realize that it was loaded. I also believe that the gun should be locked up so that things like this wouldn't happen. I believe that the child isn't the only one responsible for the shooting of Houk. I believe the dad has to take some responsibility for the shooting because he didn't teach Brown gun safety and he didn't keep the gun locked up and out of reach form Brown.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/29/boy.homicide/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29