Jerrell Milton was arrested Tuesday night and will be charged in the shooting death of a man last week in northeast Omaha. Milton accused of shooting and killing Jamymell Ray, near Miller Park in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 29.
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Charles Fisher, 30, who was with Ray, was also injured in the shooting and taken to Creighton Hospital, police said.
As of now, it is not evident who shot Ray, but lawyers say three of them harassed the man with guns and at least two shots were fired during the incident.
Jarrell will be booked ahead of court proceedings, while Jamar and Primes-Willes are set to have a preliminary hearing on July 31.
Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said all three suspects had weapons.
Scoop reports that the boy was arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Wearing a blue jumpsuit, Nike sneakers and sitting next to his mother, Milton listened as the prosecution called Milton a documented member of the Nike Gang and requested a full psychiatric evaluation.
Together with his 17-year-old brother Jamar and friend Shuntayvious Primes-Willis, 15, the trio allegedly planned to rob two men they lured into a park following a marijuana deal.
Javaris Milton said he spoke with his younger son before the boy was arrested.
The boy’s father is serving a prison term in Minnesota for murder, and other family members live there.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said he upset they weren’t able to help steer Jarrell’s life onto a better path before it came to this. “They are barely at the age for intervention”.
Bruce Ferrell, a former gang unit officer in Omaha and now chairman of the Midwest Gang Investigators Association, told NBC News street gangs in that area train their children well early so they will mold into their lifestyle.
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“For all of us, it’s difficult to even imagine that that’s a possibility”, Kleine said. It’s unclear how the 12-year-old made it to Minneapolis.
