In re S.B. CA5

BACKGROUND

I. Factual Allegations.

Defendant was three months short of turning 17 when the alleged offense occurred. On December 14, 2022, surveillance video showed J.R., T.D., D.P., and S.S.3 parking a black car in front of a shop in a strip mall around noon. T.D. walked back and forth from the shop to the car several times. He went inside the shop for about a minute each time. J.R. also entered the store once and remained inside for a couple of minutes before they both returned to the car. Defendant and two other males were also inside the shop during this time and left soon after. About five minutes later, defendant and the other two males reentered the shop and gathered near the front door. Defendant kept his hand inside his jacket pocket as he waited by the front door, looking outside. One of his cohorts took out a “black 40-caliber handgun.” J.R. and T.D. got out of the black car and walked toward the shop. As J.R. walked through the front door, defendant’s cohort fired the first shot at him, but the gun malfunctioned. While he racked the gun to clear the jam, defendant began shooting at J.R. and in the direction of the shop’s front door multiple times. T.D. was…