Posted on 09/03/2024 12:28:55 PM PDT by Red Badger
Police in Louisiana arrested a 10-year-old boy who allegedly confessed to fatally shooting a former mayor and his daughter, NBC News reported Tuesday.
Shreveport Police Chief Jared McIver said officers found Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, and Keisha Miles, 31, dead Sunday morning after arriving at the former mayor’s home in Minden, a city of nearly 12,000 people east of Shreveport, according to NBC.
McIver said the victims’ bodies were riddled with gunshot wounds from two handguns that were found with empty magazines, NBC reported.
“Our city is in shock,” McIver said. “How does a 10-year-old commit something so malicious?”
McIver said the child was a relative of the victims but did not provide further details about the shooting or identify a possible motive, NBC reported.
The boy gave a different account of the alleged shooting at first, but with his grandmother by his side Sunday afternoon, he allegedly confessed to pulling the trigger, according to the outlet.
Cornelius was an active participant in the town’s affairs, operating as a well-known community activist, City Council member and deputy ward marshal for the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office, KTAL reported.
Cornelius became interim mayor in 2013 after Minden’s mayor died in office, according to the outlet.
“Joe Cornelius’s years of service to Minden were marked by his commitment and dedication to the betterment of our community,” Minden Mayor Nick Cox said in a statement. “Let us come together as a community to honor Joe’s memory and support one another through this time of grief.”
McIver said the boy was being held on two counts of first degree-murder, but it’s unclear if he has a lawyer to represent him, NBC reported.
I’m pretty sure the perpetrator was another son of Obeyme, doing what they do best.
A 10 year old. Sure.
A ten year old boy emptied two guns into an old man and his thirty something daughter. There’s going to be a backstory there.
Definitely. And it will come out sooner or later.
One helluva backstory at that!
Any bets?
Malicious. Hmm. *thumbing Merriam-Webster*
He’s a relative of the deceased, and the deceased were notably of black African descent.
Pre-TEEN.
It seems as if he was the former mayor of Minden, not Shreveport.
Definitely. And it (the backstory) will come out sooner or later.
Yes, this has been big in the Shreveport news. No one could figure out why someone would murder this harmless old black man. He was a former mayor of Minden and highly thought of.
Such a vibrant culture!
Lord in Heaven! What do you do with a 10 year old murderer?? I always wonder how God sorts out things like this. Obviously, this is not a normal child. It may sound trite, but the Christian movie, “The Shack”, helps me with things like this. God knows all, sees all, knows where we come from and why we do the things we do.
His name will certainly be sealed. But details might be allowed to be released.
IT certainly puts to rest the notion that if they are under 18, they cannot be treated the same as adult perps.
You kill it ...
Venezuelan gang indoctrination? The price of admission is to commit some heinous act.
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