Teen not allowed outside alone in his neighborhood shot dead with friend when he went to grab lunch at food truck: Authorities

A teenage lad described by his household arsenic sheltered was grabbing luncheon from a nutrient motortruck with a person erstwhile they were gunned down successful Washington, D.C., authorities say.

Tyale Coates, 14, and Mhilo Young, 12, were changeable and killed earlier this month, the Metropolitan Police Department announced. Authorities person not announced an apprehension successful the treble homicide.

On April 14, astatine astir 3:25 p.m., Tyale and Mhilo were visiting a nutrient motortruck connected the 700 artifact of Kenilworth Avenue successful Washington, D.C. The country is successful the northeast portion of the city, wherever some teens lived.

Tyale wasn't allowed extracurricular successful his vicinity and helium had a 7:30 p.m. curfew, his household told section ABC affiliate WJLA. His parent seemingly walked him everywhere, but conscionable recently, his parents fto him thrust the autobus location from schoolhouse for the archetypal time.

On this circumstantial day, Tyale had reportedly asked his parent if helium could get immoderate nutrient from the caller nutrient motortruck down the street. She obliged.

"He had support to beryllium wherever helium was at, and helium conscionable got there, 'cause I was conscionable connected the telephone with his ma erstwhile helium asked," his aunt, Morgan Wingate, told the TV station.

Seconds aft helium got his food, aggregate radical started firing guns astatine idiosyncratic successful the parking lot, constabulary said. Sixty shots were fired, and Tyale and Mhilo were some struck.

Officers arrived connected the country to find some boys with gunshot wounds. Tyale was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, portion Mhilo was brought to an country hospital, wherever helium died.

Wingate said Tyale's parent called her. "She was screaming. She was screaming," she recounted. "I'm like, 'what?' She was like, 'They changeable my son.'"

Tyale's household said helium loved to food with his uncles and dada and was conscionable starting to larn however to drive.

The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a $50,000 reward "for accusation which leads to the apprehension and condemnation of the idiosyncratic oregon persons responsible" for the homicides. Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction them astatine (202) 727-9099.