Waiver submitted to move boy charged in Tanglewood Middle School shooting to adult court
A waiver has been submitted to move a child accused of killing a Tanglewood Middle School student from juvenile court to general sessions court, according to the 13th Circuit Solicitor's Office.
The Solicitor's Office filed the waiver with family court and a family court judge will ultimately decide whether the 12-year-old charged with murder would be tried in adult court.
No date was set for when this decision could be made. The Solicitor's Office declined to disclose the basis for requesting the 12-year-old's case be moved to adult court.
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In early April, an initial detention hearing was waived for the 12-year-old involved in the middle school shooting.
According to state law, a family court judge has the authority to waive a child of any age charged with murder to adult criminal court after a full investigation and hearing. In other circumstances, such as an unlawful weapon charge, the child must be 14 or older for consideration of a transfer.
Latest: 1-page report says Tanglewood school shooting may be gang related, other records withheld
According to a one-page incident report from the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, the shooting was "possibly gang related." The Sheriff's Office has denied additional records requests from The Greenville News seeking additional reports from the incident.
The one-page incident report stated that the school's resource officer arrived at the incident location in response to what he thought to be a gunshot in the hallway.
On March 31, 12-year-old Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson was shot at least once in the 700 wing of the school by another 12-year-old student who was arrested later the same day, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The 12-year-old boy is charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a firearm on school property and unlawful possession of a weapon by a person under the age of 18.
He remains in custody at the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia.
Tamia Boyd is a Michigan native who covers breaking news in Greenville. Email her at tboyd@gannett.com, and follow her on Twitter @tamiamb.
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Boy, 12, charged in Tanglewood shooting could be moved to adult court
