14-Year-Old, 17-Year-Old Charged for Murder and Attempted Robbery

14-Year-Old, 17-Year-Old Charged for Murder and Attempted Robbery
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BUFFALO, NY -Two teens have been arraigned for murder and attempted robbery in Buffalo.

According to Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn, two juveniles from Buffalo, ages 14 and 17, were arraigned over the weekend on charges of Murder in the Second Degree and Attempted Robbery in the First Degree.

Court records show the juveniles appeared this afternoon before Erie County Family Court Judge Brenda M. Freedman for a bail hearing where the 17-year-old was remanded and the 14-year old was set bail of $50,000.

“It is alleged that just after midnight on Friday, August 19, the juveniles attempted to rob a 20-year-old male who was in a vehicle and in the course of the attempted robbery a 16-year-old female passenger was shot and killed on Elmer Avenue in the City of Buffalo,” Flynn said,