A 17-year-old boy was charged with shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives and a 19-year-old pregnant woman at the family’s home in Indianapolis, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday, was charged with six murders as an adult. including a fee for the woman’s fetusMarion County Attorney Ryan Mears said at a news conference.
He specified that the baby would be born in a week.
Childs III is also facing one count of attempted murder for injuring another family member., a minor who was the sole survivor of the Sunday shooting at the family’s home on the northeast side of Indianapolis, authorities added.
He was also charged with carrying a gun without a license.
Mears said Childs III had a falling out with his father, Raymond Childs, 42, before the shooting. He added that police are still investigating the nature of the dispute.
The father, his wife and two other family members – Elijah Childs, 18, and Rita Childs, 13 – were pronounced dead, along with 19-year-old woman, Kiara Hawkins, after they were found in the house, the Marion’s coroner said. . Province.
Mears said Hawkins was dating someone who lived in the house. He said she was first taken to a hospital, but died.