16-year-old accused of murder denied having a gun until cops showed him photos someone took of him that night: Police

A Wisconsin teen who fought with different teen who was aboriginal recovered changeable to decease tried to contradict helium ever had a weapon — but photos posted to societal media told a antithetic story. 

Araylius Cornelius, 16, was charged arsenic an big with first-degree intentional homicide successful transportation with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Emerald Metoxen. According to a transgression ailment reviewed by Law&Crime, some teenagers were astatine a location enactment successful Green Bay, Wisconsin, during the late-night hours of June 22 erstwhile Metoxen reportedly got into a combat with different idiosyncratic there. In the complaint, the different idiosyncratic was identified by witnesses arsenic "Dockie."

According to the complaint, a pistillate witnesser said Metoxen told her that "Dockie got successful his look and helium had to driblet him." The witnesser said Metoxen appeared to beryllium "super hyped and that helium wanted to fight."

Police said different pistillate witnesser saw a antheral who referred to himself arsenic "Dockie's cousin" erstwhile helium introduced himself to her astatine the location party. Later that night, she saw Metoxen talking to "Dockie's cousin," and she told constabulary she saw "Dockie's cousin" sprout Metoxen, who collapsed to the ground.

"Dockie's cousin" was identified by constabulary and witnesses successful the ailment arsenic Cornelius.

When constabulary arrived astatine Deckner Avenue aft 11 p.m. connected June 22, they recovered Metoxen connected the crushed with a gunshot coiled to his chest. He was pronounced dormant astatine the country aft lifesaving measures were unsuccessful.

Police said a pistillate astatine the country said, "Dockie's the 1 who deed [Metoxen] and Ray changeable him." "Ray" is listed arsenic an alias for Cornelius successful the transgression ailment and successful online tribunal records. The aforesaid witnesser said she knew determination was a combat happening extracurricular the location enactment and went to grounds it connected her phone. According to the complaint, she witnessed the alleged shooting and ran to Metoxen's broadside aft helium fell to the ground. She called 911 and told constabulary that Metoxen "died arsenic she held his head."

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On July 6, constabulary interviewed Cornelius astir his alleged involvement. He told constabulary helium had thing to bash with the shooting and "denied ever having a weapon that night." Police said they showed Cornelius a photograph that was taken of him the nighttime of the shooting that allegedly depicted him holding "a purple gripped handgun with an extended magazine," the benignant of weapon respective witnesses said they saw him holding that night.

Cornelius told constabulary "he ne'er said helium ne'er had a gun."

When asked what helium did with the weapon that helium was allegedly seen holding successful the photo, Cornelius told constabulary helium "threw it." According to the complaint, different nonmigratory who lived connected Deckner Avenue adjacent the location wherever the enactment was held recovered a purple handgun with a achromatic mag successful her yard. She called police, who took the weapon and entered it into evidence.

Cornelius was booked into the Brown County Jail, wherever helium is being held connected $1 cardinal bond. His adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for Oct. 29.