Just in case there was any doubt.....surprised the picture didn't show him in his H.S. graduation cap and gown...
Posted on 01/29/2021 5:48:32 AM PST by Red Badger
INDIANAPOLIS — Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced six murder charges have been filed against the suspect in the deadly shooting that killed six people, on Adams Street early Sunday morning.
The 17-year-old suspect has been identified as Raymond Childs III.
Childs III is facing six counts of murder, including one for the death of an unborn child, as well as one count of attempted murder and a weapons charge.
Even though the suspect is underage, the case was filed directly into adult court.
Childs is accused of killing his family members 42-year-old Kezzie Childs, 42-year-old Raymond Childs, 18-year-old Elijah Childs, 13-year-old Rita Childs, 19-year-old Kiara Hawkins, and Baby Boy Hawkins, the unborn child of Kiara Hawkins.
According to court records, the key witness to the horrific violence appears to be the suspect’s younger brother.
Running out of his own home on Adams over the weekend, prosecutors believe a 15-year-old boy begged his own brother to spare his life.
According to the affidavit, the victim pleaded with his older sibling, “I can give you forty dollars, please don’t kill me.”
Despite being shot in the leg and arm, the 15-year-old survived and told police his older brother was responsible for shooting his family.
“It’s horrible. That’s your initial reaction, but then you think what can we do to help,” said Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears.
The surviving teen recalled hearing his sister yell, “Raymond shot Elijiah!” He also told police he heard another gunshot before his father said, “I’m sorry, Raymond. I love you.”
After hearing shots fired in the house, Childs’ brother escaped through a side door. He said Childs chased him down and shot him in the leg and arm. The 15-year-old brother believes Childs intended to shoot him in the head but missed.
Prosecutor Mears claims the violence appears to have started after the suspect got mad at his father, who told the teen he was going to be in trouble for leaving home without permission the night before.
That motive allegedly led Childs to grab two guns and kill his parents, Raymond and Kezzie, two siblings Elijah and Rita, as well as the pregnant girlfriend of one of his brothers, Kiera Hawkins, and her unborn child.
“There’s never going to be a reason to justify what happened. There’s nothing anyone can say to explain the loss of six lives,” said Mears.
Police found a 9-millimeter handgun and casings inside the home. Investigators also believe the teen used a Draco firearm that was recovered later.
Police spoke with Childs’ girlfriend, who said he’d been at her house on the night of the shooting and had gotten a call from his father telling him to come home. He later came back with two bags of clothes and told her his father had kicked him out, she told police.
The girlfriend then saw neighborhood app alerts about a shooting on 36th Street and another shooting on Adams Street. Childs denied having knowledge of either shooting, according to court documents.
Later in the morning, the girlfriend went with Childs to Adams Street. She described him as nervous at the scene; at one point he began crying and “acted a clown,” according to court documents. The girlfriend said she “had never seen him like this before.”
Police found Childs at a relative’s home. He was taken to the homicide office before being arrested, police said.
A growing display of teddy bears and balloons now adorns the front porch of home.
IMPD police chief Randal Taylor wrote he’s grateful for the murder charges and added, “In the wake of this tragedy, we are continuing to reach out to local neighborhood leaders to support the collective healing of the community and build stronger partnerships focused on preventing future violence.”
“We’ve lost enough. Enough families have experienced enough pain over issues that don’t need to be settled with guns,” said Mears.
Because the suspect is 17-years-old, prosecutors cannot seek the death penalty.
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Next we’ll be hearing about how he’s really “a victim” after what he went through. That’s what happened here in Texas with the woman who drowned her kids in the bathtub.
Life in prison with no parole. Great way to get back at your family, kiddo.
I’m sure we’ll hear that, but I hope it doesn’t sway his punishment.
Merle Haggard
“Mama Tried”
The first thing I remember knowing
Was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a young’un’s dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town
Not knowing where I’m bound
And no one could change my mind but Mama tried
One and only rebel child
From a family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what lay in store
Despite all my Sunday learning
Towards the bad I kept on turning
Till Mama couldn’t hold me anymore
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame ‘cause Mama tried
Dear old Daddy, rest his soul
Left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest
Wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame ‘cause Mama tried
Didn’t hear race agitator Gayle King bring this up on CBS This Morning.
SPJNK.
Another example of a state that allows abortions during the full nine months because the baby isn’t really a baby until it’s born, yet this charge includes the unborn baby in the murder charge.
Don’t get me wrong, this kid should have a fast trip to meet his creator.
I have watched this unfold and have some thoughts on the reporting of the firearms used.
At first it was stated a Draco Pistol that fired rifle rounds, OK, that got my attention as I have read of them and being able to run 308. ammo, so it is somewhat plausible But.
Now we see reported that a 9mm pistol and shell casings were recovered from the scene, THEN an additional statement that they later recovered a Draco. Right there I stopped and asked myself why was it reported so late about the 9mm pistol and expended shell casings recovered on Scene.
My thoughts are that we will never see the autopsy reports (gee how about that) and if anything does come to light that it will be the Draco that killed them all.
So who was firing the 9mm at whom, and where were the cart cases found, ground floor, upper floor etc.
Saddened by the loss of the family whomever they were, but I smell a Rat on the introduction of the Draco Pistol being the murder weapon as now their stories are starting to get twisted and the Very way to get a firearm banned is to introduce its “use” into a mass murder investigation.
IMHO I recall that the family member that survived gave a report that they heard shots from the upper floor, then the killer came down and started shooting up the rest of the family.
I have not owned but I have fired about 100 rounds at range targets from 5 yards through to 25 yards and apart from making you deafer than a post the ability to pump out 308. in a pistol format that the Draco is and be able to hit anything at all in a frantic aim and shoot scenario , well lets just say a run and gun scenario would be a Huge fail.
After the first shot the people down stairs would have been running for their lives and that means out any door or window they could get to. This whole Draco inserted information point is a False Flag inserted news point.
Instant ban on the Draco by ATF in 3. 2. 1.
Blessings
He looks older than 17.
I would think that a pistol firing rifle ammo would not last long................
Roper v. Simmons. States cannot impose the death penalty for crimes committed by someone under 18.
Not smart enough to realize that prisons also have a tendency to frown upon leaving without permission.
Sixty years ago my Grandmother lived on Adams Street in a little white house with roses everywhere. My how times have changed. Would never go down there ever again.
The Draco is an AK with a short barrel and a handgrip, it is chambered in 308. 7.62 x 51
They can run off about 600 rounds a minute, though the accuracy of such a rate, the recoil (wicked nasty) and its only ability is really as a mini force multiplier in a CQC , you hear an AK rack you know you got rounds coming down range faster than lightening and they will not stop if they meet plaster walls, siding, or couches etc.
So many ppl I have chatted to in the past have said that it is ok they will hole up in their house, Siding , window glass and plaster walls. I try to explain that you-tube will help them know how best to hole up in a house and how to help mitigate them becoming body bag fillers.
That was lifetimes ago, by now if people don’t know and have not seen what can come of rioting then sadly they are in Gods hands as we all try to educate those to be aware.
Blessings, sorry to slide.
“My how times have changed. Would never go down there ever again.”
Most of us wouldn’t return to our old neighborhoods. In my case, they don’t/won’t speak English, and practice truancy.
“My how times have changed. Would never go down there ever again.”
Most of us wouldn’t return to our old neighborhoods. In my case, they don’t/won’t speak English, and practice truancy.
“My how times have changed. Would never go down there ever again.”
Most of us wouldn’t return to our old neighborhoods. In my case, they don’t/won’t speak English, and practice truancy.
Biden will begin to sign the EOs next week.
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