Two
14-year-old boys who allegedly fatally shot a young mother in an
argument over a packet of cigarettes posted pictures of themselves
brandishing guns on Facebook hours after the crime.
Police are still searching for Todavia Cleckley and Marcus Velasquez,
who will be tried as adults for the murder in Beaver Hills,
Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon. A third boy, 13-year-old Kyle
Goosby, is already in custody and has been charged with conspiracy to
commit homicide.
One of the teenagers allegedly shot 22-year-old Kayla Peterson around
3pm on Saturday as she stood outside her home with her boyfriend,
William Bailey. The boys had followed Bailey from a nearby store asking
for cigarettes and got into an argument with him and Peterson, according
to court documents.
One teen pulled out a gun and fired a single shot, Beaver County
police Chief Charles R. Jones Jr. said. Peterson, who had a young
daughter, was flown to Allegheny General Hospital but died from a single
gunshot wound to the abdomen two hours later. ‘Words were exchanged and
then gunfire,’ Jones said. ‘It’s disheartening juveniles this age were
involved in an incident like this, and have guns.’
On Sunday, less than 12 hours after the shooting, a blurry photograph
of two boys pointing guns at the camera was posted on Cleckley’s
Facebook page. The page already showed him posing with two guns – a
semi-automatic pistol and a revolver – as the profile picture, which was
uploaded last week. The page has now been taken down.
Jones said that the boys were ‘no strangers to us. We’ve dealt with
them before’. He added that he was not aware of the teenagers having
contact with Peterson before the killing. The boys have all had previous
run ins with the police. Velasquez, who has been involved with at least
five alleged incidents, is still awaiting a hearing for two disorderly
conduct citations from November.
‘They’re armed and dangerous,’ Chief Jones said. ‘I’d like to see them off the street.’
SOURCE: PITTSBURGHGAZETTE
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