{"id":24602,"date":"2023-02-01T08:57:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24602"},"modified":"2023-02-01T08:57:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:57:09","slug":"washington-dc-householder-charged-with-shooting-dead-a-boy-aged-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/02\/01\/washington-dc-householder-charged-with-shooting-dead-a-boy-aged-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington DC householder charged with shooting dead a boy aged 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Washington DC householder has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of a 13-year-old child who he suspected of breaking into cars.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jason Michael Lewis, 41, turned himself in to Washington police on Tuesday. He is accused of shooting the teenager at around 04:00 on 7 January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to arrest documents, as he was being shot, Karon Blake shouted, “I am sorry, please don’t” and “I’m a kid, I’m a kid.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Lewis is black, as was the teenager.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is an employee with the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Washington Post reports that he has been placed on leave from his $75,000 (\u00a360,000) per year job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The shooting took place in Brookland, a neighbourhood in the north-east of the city that has undergone rapid gentrification in recent years, like other parts of the US capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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