10-year-old boy gunned down at nail salon where his father was also shot during convicted killer's crime rampage

A Florida antheral who was successful situation for execution has pleaded blameworthy to the fatal shooting of a young boy.

Anthawn Ragan, 31, appeared successful court connected Thursday to participate a blameworthy plea to 14 felonies successful transportation with an equipped robbery successful November 2013 that took the beingness of 10-year-old Aaron Vu. Ragan was already successful situation aft being convicted of different murder, which was portion of the aforesaid monthlong transgression spree helium participated successful implicit a decennary ago. Ragan besides changeable Aaron's begetter during the aforesaid robbery and pleaded blameworthy to attempted murder.

Police said Ragan and different fishy were caught connected surveillance cameras rushing into the nail salon connected Nov. 22, 2013, and demanding wealth from the salon's unit and customers. Ragan opened occurrence wrong the salon, hitting Aaron and his father, Hai Vu, earlier moving retired with the different man.

Vu and his lad were taken to the hospital, wherever the 10-year-old boy died.

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Local NBC affiliate WTVJ reported that Ragan was expected to spell to trial connected Thursday and alternatively offered a plea. He besides waived a assemblage for the punishment signifier of his trial, leaving the determination to the judge. When helium went connected proceedings for the execution of 21-year-old Luis Perez, a assemblage decided connected a beingness sentence, sparing him the decease penalty.

The decease punishment is inactive connected the array for the first-degree execution condemnation stemming from Aaron's death. Ragan whitethorn besides person different beingness condemnation without the anticipation of parole, the aforesaid condemnation helium received successful the lawsuit for Perez's murder.

Ragan is scheduled to beryllium backmost successful tribunal for sentencing connected Feb. 4.