A Kingman teenager has been charged with first-degree murder after the death of a man he admitted to shooting late last month, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office (MCSO). The agency said Terry Hill, 35, Kingman, was shot in the face at a home in the 3600 block of Northfield Avenue on January 30 and died on February 3 at a Las Vegas hospital where he was being treated. It was announced that.
MCSO declined to identify the boy, noting an upgraded murder charge, but the grand jury indictment and the agency's probable cause (PC) statement, which describes the circumstances that allegedly led to the incident, say the suspect is His name has been identified as Keegan Field, 17. shooting.
The PCs indicated that Keegan and the other boys were visiting a friend at the Northfield home before Keegan went into the bedroom to ask the friend's mother to give him a ride home.
The PC said Keegan called the woman a “bullshit” when he suggested she was drugged and could not be driven anywhere. The woman told investigators that she “suspected” that another boy had come into her bedroom and was going to pick a fight with her boyfriend, Hill, police said.
The detailed PC further recorded that the woman said Keegan moved his hand towards his pocket and Hill asked if he wanted to “catch Fade”, which was clearly a threat. The boys left the bedroom, but Keegan was in the hallway when he asked Hill to leave, according to the statement.
According to the PCs, Keegan's confession details the subsequent fatal encounter. The boy reportedly told investigators that Hill pushed him from behind in the hallway.
“Keegan said he fell face down and while he was falling he noticed Terry remove a gun from his pocket and place it on something in the hallway,” the PC said. “Keegan said that when he tried to stand up, Terry came from behind and put him in a chokehold.”
The PC said the fighters the boy had charged ended up in a heap on the hallway floor.
“Keegan said he then grabbed the gun while Terry put him in a chokehold, placed the gun against the right side of his head and fired,” the PC said. “He said that after Keegan shot him, he dropped the gun and started running through Northfield.”
The suspect was later arrested at his home on Verdugo Island, and the weapon used in the shooting was reportedly uncovered from where it had been dumped by another boy as the teens fled from his Northfield home. There is.
MCSO said it continues to investigate the incident.
