COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) - A 16-year-old boy has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Columbia Heights girl.
The Anoka County Attorney's Office said Thursday it filed a second-degree manslaughter charge against the Minneapolis teen on Tuesday. Prosecutors say they are seeking to charge him as an adult.
Around 11:57 p.m. on March 24, multiple police agencies responded to a report of a person shot. When officers arrived to the 3900 block of 3rd Street Northeast, they found a 15-year-old girl who has been shot. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Last Friday, authorities identified the 15-year-old victim as Derryanna Deashia Davis.
This browser does not support the Video element.
15-year-old shot girl, killed in Columbia Heights, Minnesota
A 15-year-old girl was shot and killed in Columbia Heights just before midnight Thursday.