'Heard a loud thud': Uncle walked in on nephew using pickaxe to slaughter his own 15-year-old brother in a shed

A California antheral has admitted to sidesplitting his teenage half-brother with a pickaxe portion the 2 were successful a shed down their home.

Zuberi Sharp, 26, pleaded blameworthy to second-degree murder connected Monday successful transportation with the convulsive decease of his 15-year-old half-brother, Zayde Koehohou, connected Dec. 5, 2024. In a press release announcing the plea, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said Sharp and Zayde were some successful a converted shed astatine the family's location successful Newbury Park, California, erstwhile their uncle said helium heard a "thud" arsenic helium walked to the shed to "check connected the boys."

The uncle entered the shed to find "Sharp lasting implicit Zayde holding a pickaxe."

Before deputies from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office arrived astatine the location aft the boys' mother, Jante Keohohou, called 911 astir 8 p.m., Sharp fled the scene. He was arrested aft constabulary recovered him astatine a adjacent precocious school. Sharp was bare and wielding the ax helium utilized to termination Zayde.

When deputies arrived, Zayde's parent was cradling her lad successful her lap. Zayde, who had cerebral palsy, suffered from respective terrible wounds to his head. He died earlier helium reached the hospital.

According to section CW affiliate KTLA, Sharp seemingly suffered from intelligence issues and had to beryllium rescued from a tempest drain hours earlier helium killed Zayde. In an interview with section quality outlet Thousand Oaks Acorn astir a period aft the crime, Keohohou said her older lad "didn't cognize what helium was doing" and Sharp "loves his brothers, my boys loved each other."

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KTLA reported that Sharp is the lad of a convicted murderer, Calvin Sharp, who killed a 6-year-old lad with a nutrient cleaver successful 2007.

Sharp pleaded blameworthy to second-degree execution arsenic good arsenic the peculiar circumstances added to the charges, including the onslaught connected a susceptible person. He is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected May 5.