Phil Wrote:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic
> le/2006/08/01/AR2006080101325.html
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> Article can also be found on page 2 of the
> Washington Post Metro Section.
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> In case you have to register to see the article
> and don't want to do that, here's the article
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> Police Say 2 Teens Fired Into Homes
> Shootings Linked to Gang Ouster
>
> By Candace Rondeaux
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Wednesday, August 2, 2006; Page B02
>
> Two Sterling teenagers were charged yesterday with
> firing more than 30 shots into five homes in
> Sterling Park last month, critically injuring a
> man asleep in his bedroom and damaging property,
> officials said.
>
> Investigators believe that the two 16-year-olds
> targeted the homes during a 30-minute shooting
> spree in eastern Loudoun County in retaliation for
> being kicked out of a gang, Sheriff Stephen O.
> Simpson said at a news conference to announce the
> arrests.
>
> The pair were charged with malicious wounding,
> five counts of firing a missile into an occupied
> dwelling, five counts of reckless use of a
> firearm, using a firearm during the commission of
> a felony, burglary, auto theft and arson, Simpson
> said.
>
> A third teenager was charged with helping the two
> 16-year-olds break into a Sterling home and steal
> two weapons, which authorities believe were used
> in the shooting, Simpson said. The teenager was
> not charged with being directly involved in the
> shootings.
>
> It was not clear what gang the teenagers might
> have been affiliated with, Simpson said. The
> youths were not identified because they were
> charged as juveniles.
>
> The July 19 shootings spanned a two-mile stretch
> of the largely working-class neighborhood. Shots
> were first fired about 1:15 a.m. at a townhouse on
> Coventry Square. Bullets pierced the front of the
> home, critically injuring a 47-year-old man. He
> was listed in critical but stable condition
> yesterday at Washington Hospital Center,
> authorities said.
>
> The shooters struck again about 1:30 a.m., hitting
> the front of a ranch house on North Argonne
> Avenue, officials said. Homes on Margate and
> Holborn courts were also targeted. In all, seven
> homes were damaged by gunfire, but the boys were
> charged with shooting at only five of them because
> investigators believe two were struck by stray
> bullets.
>
> Investigators recovered the guns used in the
> shootings, but Simpson declined to specify the
> type of weapons. According to search warrants
> recently issued for several Sterling Park homes in
> and near the targeted areas, investigators were
> looking for a shotgun and a second unidentified
> weapon.
>
> The shooting suspects were also charged in the
> theft of a 1997 Toyota Corolla that was set ablaze
> on Route 7 shortly after the shootings. The car
> was stolen from North Amelia Street and was last
> seen at 10 o'clock the night before the spree.
>
> Loudoun Commonwealth's Attorney James E. Plowman
> said the suspects were charged as juveniles, but
> he said the crimes were serious enough that they
> may be tried as adults.
>
> The teens are being held at the Loudoun juvenile
> detention center.
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> Teenagers. It was fucking teenagers who did it.
> What the fuck is our world coming to?
i disagree they are too young for the death penalty
1 vote for death penalty HERE