BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A 13-year-old boy is now indicted on charges of first-degree murder and attempted robbery in a deadly shooting in Cocoa.
A Brevard County grand jury says Emeril Rachel shot and killed 30-year-old Kelby Miller during a botched robbery on Nov. 16, according to a news release from the 18th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office.
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Miller had driven to a vacant house on Bristol Drive in Cocoa to meet an unknown person with whom he had texted over a social media app. After Miller messaged the unknown person that he had arrived, Rachel approached and tried to rob Miller, shooting him once in the torso with a .45 caliber handgun.
Mortally wounded, Miller called 911 and said that he had been robbed. However, Cocoa Police officers found the victim still had his cell phone, keys, wallet and contents of his wallet, including money. Miller told officers that there was only one person responsible for the attack. He was airlifted to Holmes Regional Medical Center where he died a few hours later.
Video from security cameras in the neighborhood showed Rachel walking back and forth in the area where the meeting was to occur – then running towards where the victim was parked about two minutes after Miller texted to say he had arrived.
sa18.org "Boy, 13, indicted for murder, botched robbery in Cocoa" (excerpt)
Police say Rachel admitted to firing the gun, claiming it was an accident.
Rachel is being charged as an adult and will remain in the Brevard County jail until trial.