A Detroit teenager has been charged after he injured his mother and killed a 14-year-old boy by shooting, officials say

DETROIT – A 15-year-old Detroit boy has been charged in connection with the wounding of his 32-year-old mother and the killing of a 14-year-old boy in a shooting that stemmed from a dispute between children.

The teen was charged with second-degree murder and felony firearm charges.

He will not be charged as an adult but will be classified as an adult, meaning that upon conviction a judge can sentence him as a juvenile, adult or “a mixed juvenile sentence,” with the option to impose an adult sentence if the juvenile does not the case is cleared,” said the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

The teen's preliminary examination is scheduled for Wednesday, November 13th at 1:30 p.m.

How an argument led to a shooting

On Thursday, November 7, at approximately 6 p.m., Detroit officers responded to the area of ​​Seward Street and Second Avenue after receiving a report of a shooting.

When they arrived, they found a 14-year-old boy on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries on Monday, Nov. 11, prosecutors said.

The 32-year-old woman was taken privately to a hospital.

There is said to have been an argument between the 15-year-old and the 14-year-old, which escalated, with the 15-year-old pulling out a gun and firing several shots.

He struck his mother in the right arm, and the 14-year-old was shot in the head, left arm, right hand and left thigh.

Detroit police said this fight stemmed from another fight between a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old. Older children and the mother of one of the children intervened, then the mother's 15-year-old son appeared and fired shots.

The teenager had fled the scene after the shooting but was arrested by officers involved in an undercover operation outside of that shooting.