[struggle]

>>Murphy’s mother says her son was mentally disabled.

Obviously he was...he tried to rob someone.

[null and void]

Don’t do the crime.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Was the home owner a white hispanic? Then there might be some trouble.

[goodnesswins]

WOW...in OREGON the homeowner would likely be in jail

[dalereed]

Shoot his mother too!!

[Joe 6-pack]

"...15-year-old Demetrius Murphy..."

Typical Greek Irishman.

[SpaceBar]

A memo needs to circulate around St. Louis maternity wards that the name Demetrius is now again available for use.

[Indy Pendance]

A young thug. Too bad the community supports this.

[grobdriver]

Hope the homeowner didn’t use an AR (AKA, “Assault Weapon”) - Missouri Democrats will be coming to take that away from him soon...

[Cicero]

The dead perp was 15 years old and mentally disabled. I would guess that he admired his older friend, and just went along with him on the burglary attempt. Probably sounded like an exciting game.

If so, then the police are probably right to charge the older boy as responsible for his murder, because the older boy, who should have known better, led the kid into trouble.

[vladimir998]

“She says he was coming back from the store with a friend and she has no idea how he wound up in the backyard of the home.”

Did he go to buy skittles???

[knarf]

" .. she has no idea how he wound up in the backyard of the home."

Uhhhh ... because he's mentally disabled and hangin' wit' bad people doin' bad things ?

[FrdmLvr]

Another happy ending.

[Sarajevo]

Under Missouri law, if someone is killed while a felony is being committed, other suspects involved in the crime can be charged with murder.

Does anyone else have a problem with this? Regardless of who committed/was commiting the crime, it seems like the DA is just looking for a bigger charge.

[Secret Agent Man]

if the mom knows the kid is mentally disabled, why does she allow him to be roaming with another minor, and not an adult? i mean, c’mon here. like an adult who knows how to get the kid back to the correct house and not try to break into someone else’s house, if we are to even buy the premise offered?

[sarasmom]

We have all been hearing the same demented laments for decades from the friends and families of dead criminals....

“Why did he/she/they (the not so helpless victim) have to kill him? He was just stealing/raping/beating on...etc”

[Repeat Offender]

If the price of ammo wasn't so danged expensive, there'd probably be TWO dead perps.

[TigersEye]

Murphy’s mother says her son was mentally disabled. She says he was coming back from the store with a friend and she has no idea how he wound up in the backyard of the home.

All the more reason to charge his buddy with murder. You can testify for the prosecution at his trial, Murphy's mom.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Good shooting and a GREAT mizzzou law!

[jmaroneps37]

“Under Missouri law,[as it is in most states] if someone is killed while a felony is being committed, other suspects involved in the crime can be charged with murder.”
I know this horrorfies the writer but it is how things go when you start out to break into a person’s home.