PACIFIC (AP) — Two 16-year-old boys have been charged in the shooting death of an 18-year-old student in eastern Missouri, authorities said Friday.
The two boys were each charged with second-degree murder after the body of Kiley Kennedy was found Wednesday near Pacific. Their names are not being released because they are juveniles.
Kennedy was shot during a dispute over drugs and money, Lt. Tom Wilkison, of the Major Case Squad, said in a news conference Friday.
The suspects knew Kennedy and led her to the spot where she was shot, KMOX reported. Officers were called about 7 a.m. but investigators believe Kennedy was shot several hours earlier.
They are not students at Eureka High School but Wilkison declined to say where they attended school. They both lived in a trailer park near Pacific where Kennedy’s body was found.
The suspects are currently being held at the Franklin County detention facility.