Just reading the story you would never know that this kid had a loaded, cocked handgun IN HIS HAND when he ordered the victim out of the car.
His age cuts absolutely no ice in that situation. If I am carrying a gun and someone points a gun at me, I am not going to wait to see if he’s bluffing or not, he’s going down.
Yes. In these circumstances the responsible deduction must be that you are about to be robbed, the girlfriend raped (you too in Memphis), and both of you killed. The age excuse is an illogical appeal to pity; gangs often use expendable yungsta’s for violent crimes, since a juvenile rap is a relative joke. Failing to shoot the beastlet would have been reckless endangerment. Those whose actions caused the “child’s” death should indeed be arrested: his family and his gang.