Teen lured by 'children' to secret kill location under pretense of attending party, gets murdered for 'Louis Vuitton' gun he had: Officials

A California teen was "senselessly murdered" by a radical of "young people" who lured him to a concealed termination determination nether the pretense of attending a enactment and past shot him dead — each due to the fact that they wanted a "Louis Vuitton" pistol helium had, officials say.

"It was wrapped with a Louis Vuitton wrap," explained Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto during a Monday press conference astir the weapon that 18-year-old Karim Williams was allegedly killed for.

"It had the logos connected it," Casto said. "Based connected everything that we've gathered during this investigation, that's what made it a prized possession that was being sought."

Six individuals person been charged successful transportation with Williams' November 2025 shooting death, including a 13-year-old and 17-year-old. Four of them were identified by Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp astatine Monday's presser arsenic Jaylon Black, 21, Kwame Pree, 20, Jaymari Sconiers, 20, and Josiah Rogers, 19.

"These are children," Smittcamp said. "These are young people. These are young adults who are engaged successful these senseless acts of violence."

Casto told reporters that the suspects were "acquaintances of Kari's and that they had picked him up and lured him to the location" nether the pretense of attending a enactment successful the country wherever helium was killed. His assemblage was recovered astatine the Park View Apartments successful northwest Fresno.

"They proceeded to rob and execution him," Casto said. "The subjects had rummaged done Kari's pockets aft helium was changeable and down connected the crushed earlier they near the determination successful respective vehicles."

Casto said that "over a 1000 hours of investigation," aggregate witnesser interviews, and 2 twelve hunt warrants — some carnal and forensic — led to the suspects' arrests past week. Two of the individuals were already successful custody connected unrelated charges.

"They're being charged with robbery and murder, and facing imaginable pack enhancement charges arsenic well," Casto said. "Although this was not a transgression amongst rival pack members, it was an interior contented that resulted successful Kari's robbery and murder."

The weapon that Williams was allegedly killed for was described arsenic a "Sig Sauer pistol," according to Casto.

"[Williams] was senselessly murdered implicit a gun," Smittcamp said. "These senseless acts of unit are truly conscionable disturbing for each of us. Not lone for Kari's household and friends, but for the full community."

Under California law, erstwhile individuals enactment unneurotic successful definite felonies — namely robbery — and that enactment results successful a killing, each subordinate tin beryllium held accountable for murder, according to Smittcamp.

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"Justice successful this lawsuit is present going to determination guardant successful some the juvenile and big courts wherever we volition contiguous the grounds and effort to prosecute accountability for Kari and his family, and proceed to enactment to support the community," the section DA said.

Smittcamp told reporters that portion the 13-year-old volition stay successful juvenile court, the 17-year-old fishy is present 18 and her bureau is moving to transportation him to big court, wherever helium is expected to look 25 years to beingness if convicted.

"If helium is not successfully transferred into big court, his maximum [sentence] would beryllium 4 to 7 years," Smittcamp said.

Pree faces charges of murder, robbery and firearm enhancements and could look up to 100 years to beingness successful situation if convicted, according to Smittcamp. Black was charged with execution and robbery and faces up to 25 years to life; Sconiers was charged with execution and robbery and faces up to 50 years to life; Rogers was charged with execution and robbery and faces up to 50 years to life.