Teens charged in fatal shooting of 17-year-old youth outside Midwood school
Two Brooklyn teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy in an ambush outside the victim’s Midwood charter school shortly after school dismissal.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez identified the defendants as Malachi Simms, 15, and Quran Smith, 16, both of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The defendants, who are being tried as adults, were arraigned on Friday before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Craig Walker on an indictment in which they are charged with second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
The two youths were held without bail and ordered to return to court on August 11, 2021. Smith faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the top count. Simms, because of his age, faces up to 15 years to life in prison if convicted of the top count.
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