The teenage suspect will not be tried as an adult

ROUND ROCK, Texas – A Williamson County judge has ruled that a 15-year-old suspect will not be tried as an adult for his involvement in a mass shooting at a Juneteenth event in Round Rock.

Because the suspect is a teenager, his name has not been released.

A lawyer for the teenager clarified that he is not charged with murder and believes that the evidence against him is weak.

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The teenager was arrested around the same time as 18-year-old Keshawn Dixon and 17-year-old Ricky Thompson.

Police said that in June, Dixon and Thompson both fired their guns into a crowd, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen.

In October, Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick said he wanted the teenager tried as an adult.

“To my knowledge, this will be the first mass shooting charged in the state of Texas,” Dick said. “It comes with all the adult responsibilities and laws that come with being an adult when you commit a crime.”

Thompson and Dixon are charged with aggravated assault – mass shooting.

The teenager’s trial is expected to begin in March.