16-year-old arrested for shooting and killing 15-year-old girl and her 9-year-old brother, Maryland police say

16-year-old arrested for shooting and killing 15-year-old girl and her 9-year-old brother, Maryland police say


Maryland police say a teenager shot and killed a 15-year-old girl and her younger brother in their home days after he possibly celebrated the Fourth of July with the family.

Police have been investigating the lethal shooting that happened July 7 at the family’s home on Talles Road in Randallstown.

‘This is obviously an unspeakable tragedy.’

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On Wednesday morning, police arrested Keith James Jr. at his West Baltimore home. He was charged with two murder counts and a gun charge, according to Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough.

Police believe James had some kind of relationship with Giovanna Myrie, the older victim, but did not say whether it was romantic in nature.

Charging documents indicate that Myrie sought help because James had threatened to kill her if she “messed around”

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