Marijuana robbery plan ends in deadly shooting of 15-year-old | Two teens charged, court docs say – WGAL
A 15-year-old boy was killed, and two teens were charged with homicide after an attempted marijuana robbery led to a shooting in Franklin County on Monday, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
WGAL News 8 obtained court documents that detail new information about what led up to the deadly encounter.
Troopers were called to the 100 block of Valley Pine Court in Greene Township, near the Sunset Court Apartments and Townhomes, at 1:47 a.m.
Police said they found a 15-year-old boy with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. He was taken to Chambersburg Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name has not been released.
Court documents say Donyell Soper, 15, of McConnellsburg, was also at the scene and identified himself as a friend of the victim. Police said Soper was involved in the incident.
According to the affidavit, Soper told investigators he and the victim planned to rob someone who was coming to sell them marijuana. Police said the victim arranged the meet-up through social media with a person traveling from Hagerstown, Maryland.
Investigators said Soper told police he gave the victim a ghost gun with an extended magazine loaded with nine hollow-point rounds, while Soper had a .40-caliber Hi-Point pistol.
Court documents say a red sedan carrying three teenage boys and a teenage girl arrived at the apartment complex for the planned deal.
Police said that as Soper and the victim approached the car, the victim tried to grab a black plastic bag of marijuana. Investigators stated a rear-seat passenger, identified as Nathan Sanders, 17, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, immediately opened fire on the victim.
The sedan driver later told police he believed Sanders shot the victim 10 to 11 times, according to the documents.
Police said Soper and the victim ran in opposite directions. Court documents state that Sanders told the driver to run Soper over, but the sedan became stuck after hitting a fence. Investigators said Sanders and another teen passenger got out, assaulted Soper, stole his pistol, then got back into the car and fled.
Soper later returned, found the victim on the ground, called 911 and attempted lifesaving measures until troopers arrived, according to the documents.
Soper told police he also found the ghost gun that he gave the victim at the scene and threw it in the snow to conceal it, which officers said they later recovered.
Police also noted that the bag of marijuana was found in the parking lot of the apartment complex.
Investigators said Sheetz surveillance video captured the red Nissan sedan, which was stopped by police about seven miles from the shooting scene at 1:51 a.m.
According to court documents, the 16-year-old driver told police he sells drugs on behalf of Sanders and went through with the deal because he owed Sanders money. Police said the driver told investigators he picked up his girlfriend, Sanders and another person before driving to Greene Township for the deal.
According to the court documents, Soper was charged with criminal homicide, firearms not to be carried without a license and robbery.
Sanders was also charged with criminal homicide, firearms not to be carried without a license, robbery, simple assault, and manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver.
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