A Michigan teenager has been charged as an adult with murder for fatally shooting a Democratic canvasser after attempting to solicit a dollar from him.
A 15-year-old has been charged as an adult with murder in the death of a Michigan election canvasser he is accused of shooting after asking the worker for a dollar. The teen was arraigned Wednesday in district court in Lansing and ordered held without bond. Court records Thursday did not list a defense attorney for the teen, who The Associated Press is not naming due to his age.
Lansing police have not released any details around the circumstances of the shooting, but Lansing City Council at-large candidate Trini Lopez Pehlivanoglu told the Lansing State Journal that Lawson was knocking on doors for her campaign when he was shot. He later was pronounced dead at a hospital. Security video in the area recorded Lawson leaving a driveway as three teens were walking on the other side of the street, a police detective wrote in a court affidavit.
The 15-year-old who was charged with murder also faces gun charges. A probable cause conference has been scheduled for Oct. 20. Lansing Police Dept. Chief Ellery Sosebee said in a statement that Lawson’s murder was 'senseless' and 'speaks to the careless mindset of a very small section of our most violent offenders.' ' ... too often, these acts of violence, are by youthful offenders with no value of consequence or accountability,' Sosebee wrote.
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