Teen charged with murder of 15-year-old Durham boy
MAKE SURE TO GET A LIVE LOOK
AT THE RADAR ON WRAL'S MORNING
NEWS. STARTING AT 4.30,
TONIGHT, A 14 YEAR-OLD IN
DURHAM IS BEHIND BARS AFTER
BEING CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO
THE MURDER OF A 15 YEAR-OLD THE
SHOOTING HAPPENING LAST MONTH.
AND WEEKS LATER, THE SAME 14
YEAR OLD WAS SOUGHT AFTER BY
POLICE FOR FIRING SHOTS AT A
STATE TROOPER.
>> WRAL'S WILL LEAD. AND ALI
SPOKE TO MAYOR LEONARDO
WILLIAMS ABOUT THE CRIMES.
JOINING US NOW LIVE WITH LATE
DETAILS. THIS IS QUITE A LOT
FOR ONE YOUNG PERSON. WILLIE.
>> YES, IT IS. LENA. I WAS AT
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME FOR BOTH
OF THOSE CRIMES THAT THAT 14
YEAR-OLD IS ACCUSED OF
COMMITTING. AND LET ME TELL YOU
THE LIST OF CHARGES THAT THIS
14 YEAR-OLD IS POTENTIALLY
FACING IS LENGTHY TODAY.
I SPOKE TO MAYOR LEONARDO
WILLIAMS SAID HE SOUNDED AN
ALARM AFTER SAYING HE'S TIRED
OF HEARING STORIES JUST LIKE
THIS ONE.
>> TONIGHT, AN UNNAMED 14
YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER IN CONNECTION TO THE
JANUARY 11 SHOOTING. A 15 YEAR
OLD AJ CLENDENNING. THIS IS
ONE OF SEVERAL 9-1-1, CALLS
FROM THE SCENE OF THE BIGGEST
KILLED ABOARD.
>> WE HAVE JUST ABOUT GOT TOLD
THE SHOT OUT OF THE HOUSE AND
THE THAT THE BOY OUTSIDE ON THE
WAS ONE AREA THAT SAME 14
YEAR-OLD IS FACING OVER 20
OTHER CHARGES CONCERNING A
HIGH-SPEED CHASE IN JANUARY
WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A
DEPUTY IN SEVERAL CAR BREAK-INS
IN THE CITY.
>> THE BULL CITY MAYOR LEONARDO
WILLIAMS TELLS ME NO ONE PERSON
IS GOING TO FIND A SOLUTION.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT. THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THERE'S NO OTHER WAY.
WE HAVE TO DO IT. EVERY
COMMUNITY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE RESPONDED WITH POLICY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
PARENTING. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS
WORKING AND NOT GOING TO SEE
THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER
AND OVER. MAYOR WILLIAM SPOKE
TO ME ABOUT PROGRAMS LIKE BULL
CITY FUTURE FUND THAT ARE
WORKING TO STEER DURHAM YOUTH
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT HE
TELLS ME THE REAL CHANGE STARTS
AT HOME AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE
THE PARENTS YES, HAVE THE
RESOURCES WHEN YOU GOT UP HERE,
WE GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
KEEPING YOUR EYES ON YOUR KIDS.
KNOW 14 YEAR-OLD SHOULD BE OUT
AND ABOUT THIS TIME OF NIGHT.
>> AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR OR
WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THE
I KNOW? WE SHOULD NOT BE OUT
AND ABOUT SHOOTING A STATE
TROOPER. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT. WE SHOULD NOT BE OUT
AND ABOUT KILLING SOMEONE ELSE.
THE SAME AGE AS YOU. THERE'S NO
EXCUSE FOR IT.
>> POWERFUL WORDS FROM MAYOR
WILLIAMS. WRAL HAS REACHED OUT
TO DURHAM POLICE TO LEARN MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 14
YEAR-OLD THAT HAS BEEN
ARRESTED. WHAT WE DO KNOW
TONIGHT IS THAT HE IS BEING