Jacori Redding Florida schoolboy shoots Pinien Dalmacy dead after the victim refused to ‘say sorry’ after bumping into him in school hallway at Oak Ridge High School.
A 15-year-old boy is to be charged as an adult for allegedly shooting dead his classmate after the victim bumped into him in the hallway of their Florida high school last month.
Jacori Antonio Redding, 15, and Pinien Dalmacy, 16, bumped into each other while walking in the hallway of Oak Ridge High School in Sky Lake on Oct. 9, with the two boys getting into an argument, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said during a press conference.
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Juvenile student to be charged as adult
The two sophomores agreed to fight at a nearby park after school after Redding reportedly refused to apologize to Dalmacy for the accidental bump, Mina said.
Redding allegedly shot Dalmacy twice at the park before fleeing to his high school campus, cops said.
Cops caught him and arrested him in the school’s cafeteria, where the gun was found in his bag, authorities added.
Redding was originally arrested on a juvenile custody order for manslaughter with a firearm and possession of a firearm on school property charges, Mina said.
He will now be charged as an adult, WESH reported Wednesday, citing prosecutors.
‘My heart aches for Pinien’s family, who are grieving this unimaginable loss,’ Mina told reporters.
‘And I’m angry that something as small as bumping into someone in the halls of a high school can result in a shooting death,’ he said.
Oak Ridge student had 39 prior disciplinary actions
A motion for pre-trial detention filed in the Orange County court system said Redding had 39 separate incidents of discipline at school, including at least 17 for ‘physical altercations including battery and fighting.’
Of note the teen already faced charges for grand theft auto and resisting an officer without violence, WESH reported.
Investigators also uncovered a text thread where Redding wrote he was going to make someone think they were going to fight, then ‘pop’ the person, the outlet said.
Little is known about the victim, but the district said he joined Orange County Public Schools just last year.
A GoFundMe for Pinien Dalmacy described him as ‘full of light, always smiling, always dancing, and loved by everyone who knew him.’
‘My life changed forever when my baby was taken from me after something so small a hallway bump turned into something unthinkable. Losing him this way has left our family completely broken,’ Dalmacy’s grieving mother wrote in a statement for the fundraiser.
School boy shot dead for refusing to ‘say sorry’
‘Watching his brother and sisters cry for him and reliving that moment every day is unbearable,’ she said.
The alleged teen shooter was slated to appear in court next Wednesday for a hearing to decide if he should be held in jail before going to trial. At present the teen suspect remains held in juvenile detention.
Redding faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted, WFTV reported.
