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U.S. NEWS Saturday 17 February 2018

Teen to be tried as adult in South Carolina school shooting

Court Judge Edgar Long venile and released from
means Jesse Osborne, now jail after several years. One
15, could face decades in said the teen enjoyed think-
prison if convicted of mur- ing about killing people.
der. If he had been tried as Osborne said he loaded
a juvenile, he could have the wrong ammunition
been kept behind bars only into his gun before going
until his 21st birthday. to Townville Elementary
Prosecutors treated the School after killing his fa-
hearing like a mini trial. ther, and the gun jammed
They played an interview after every shot. He said he
the teen gave to investiga- felt like the gun jamming
tors hours after the Septem- was God's way of making
ber 2016 shootings where sure more people weren't
he said he was angry at his killed.
father before the shootings Along with the teen's fa-
started. The principal of the ther, 47-year-old Jeffrey
school testified at the hor- Osborne, Jesse Osborne is
ror she felt when she recog- charged with killing 6-year-
nized Osborne as a former old Jacob Hall at the
student. school. The boy was shot in
And two psychologists testi- the leg and bled to death.
Jesse Osborne waits for a ruling at the Anderson County Courthouse on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Os- fied that Osborne showed A teacher was wounded in
borne, a boy who was 14 when he was charged in the shooting death of his father at their home no remorse and was a dan- the shoulder and another
and a first-grader on a South Carolina elementary school playground will be tried as an adult, a ger to commit more crimes student was hurt, but both
judge ruled Friday. if he were treated as a ju- survived.q
(Ken Ruinard/The Independent/AP)

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A grader on a South Carolina
boy who was 14 when he elementary school play-
was charged in the shoot- ground will be tried as an
ing death of his father adult, a judge ruled Friday.
at their home and a first- The decision from Family

Man, toddler fatally stabbed

in Missouri; 2 relatives hurt

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. charged Traveon Sims, 20,
(AP) — A suburban St. Louis with two counts of first-de-
man was charged Friday gree murder, along with
with stabbing four relatives armed criminal action and
in their home, killing a man assault. Sims is the nephew
and his toddler son and of Mathis.
leaving two other people An alleged accomplice,
fighting for their lives. Onyai Turner, 21, was
The crime happened Thurs- charged with one count
day in Maryland Heights, of first-degree murder and
Missouri, a middle-class armed criminal action.
suburb with a low crime Both suspects are jailed
rate. Police identified those without bond and do not
killed as Malcom B. Mathis yet have listed attorneys.
II, 33, and his 22-month- St. Louis County prosecutor
old son, Malcom Mathis III. Bob McCulloch said at a
Mathis' 4-year-old daugh- news conference that Sims
ter was hospitalized in "very was paroled in May after
critical" condition, and his serving time for robbery.
57-year-old aunt was in crit- The Mathis family took him
ical but stable condition. in, but later kicked him out
On Friday, prosecutors of the house.q