GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A teenage suspect in an east-side shooting will remain in adult court, and pleaded not guilty Monday to an attempted homicide charge.
Freddrick Love-Kennedy, 16, was 15-years-old at the time of the April 19 shooting near Preble High School.
In Wisconsin, those between ages 10-to-16 facing certain homicide-related counts are charged in adult court first. Defendants can request the case be moved to juvenile court. Such requests are not automatically granted, and are subject to judicial review. Love-Kennedy’s attorney initially made that request, but withdrew it last week – keeping the case in adult court.
No trial date was set. He returns to court Dec. 6, court records show.
According to the complaint, a witness told police Love-Kennedy robbed the shooting victim’s cousin. After that, there were two more fights — one of which involved Love-Kennedy and the eventual shooting victim — both of which Love-Kennedy lost, “and that’s why he was upset”, according to the witness.
Love-Kennedy, the victim, and several others met two days later on Mills Street. Another argument ensued, Love-Kennedy pulled out a gun and fired multiple shots. The victim was hit twice: once in the arm, once in the face.
After his arrest, Love-Kennedy told police “he was attacked yesterday at Preble and he had no intention of getting any revenge,” the complaint states.
Love-Kennedy denied having any contact with the victim or his friends, and he denied firing the shots.
Police said the 16-year-old victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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