Mississippi teen accused of fatally shooting pregnant 16-year-old
MS suspected shooter being held on $500,000 bond; 3 other teens arrested
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 15-year-old male from Mississippi has been arrested in the death of a 16-year-old girl and her fetus, police said. Three other teenagers were also arrested in connection with the case.
The suspected shooter faces a count of second-degree murder and one of homicide of an unborn child and is being held at the Harrison County Adult Detention Center in lieu of a $500,000 bond, Gulfport police said in a news release.
JaKamori Lake, 16, of Gulfport, was shot once in the head and died Sunday after she was taken in personal vehicle to Memorial Hospital at Gulfport in a personal vehicle, Harrison County Deputy Coroner Whitney Valles said. Police said Lake was 3 1/2 months pregnant.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The shooting occurred at an apartment where Lake lived. What led to the shooting was not immediately known.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two other juveniles, ages 13 and 17, and Jamarrion Jackson, 19, each face one count each of hindering the prosecution of another.
Jackson is being held on a $25,000 bond, and the juveniles were taken to the Harrison County Youth Detention Center.
It was unknown if any of the suspects had attorneys who could speak on their behalf.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lake is the third teenager to die Sunday from gun violence on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Two Hancock High School students were killed just after midnight Sunday in a shooting at an after-prom party in Bay St. Louis.