The teen arrested in connection to the fatal March 7th shooting will be tried as an adult. A probable cause hearing was held for 16-year-old Albert McDowell III last week. From that, Judge Derryberry determined there was enough evidence to send his case over to the Common Pleas Court. Officials with the Allen County Prosecutor's Office say because of the nature of his charge, his case went through a mandatory bind-over process.
"He wasn't charged as an adult because he was an adult at the time of the crime, he was charged as a juvenile. The juvenile court process, the juvenile court laws and rules provide for an individual, a juvenile, being tried as an adult, under certain circumstances. Those criteria were met giving the nature of the crime and his age," Anthony Miller, Asst. Prosecutor at the Allen County Prosecutor's Office, said.
He says McDowell will appear in front of a grand jury within the next couple months, where they will decide whether or not to indict him.
