Teen, 16, jailed in Charlotte in connection with deadly Naranja Park shooting

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 16-year-old lad was precocious arrested successful Charlotte, North Carolina, successful transportation with a fatal shooting that occurred earlier this month astatine Naranja Park, authorities confirmed Friday.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Samuel Eugene Boyd was taken into custody by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department successful transportation with the case.

Deputies said Boyd is accused of fatally shooting 18-year-old Flavio Alejandro Morales during an altercation astatine the park, located astatine 14150 SW 264th St., connected April 7.

They said Morales had been playing hoops erstwhile helium got into a statement with Boyd. According to investigators, the confrontation escalated rapidly earlier it led to gunfire.

“The altercation escalated erstwhile the taxable produced a firearm and changeable the unfortunate and past fled successful an chartless direction,” MDSO said successful a connection a time aft the shooting.

Morales was taken to a adjacent hospital, wherever deputies confirmed that helium aboriginal died from his injuries.

Anyone with further accusation is urged to interaction Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers astatine 305-471-8477.

Boyd’s mugshot oregon charges weren’t disposable arsenic of Friday evening.

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