VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A 15-year-old accused of shooting an Oak Hill man will be charged as an adult, State Attorney R.J. Larizza announced Tuesday. The man's family says he is paraluzed as a result of the shooting.
Two teens were arrested in connection with the Feb. 16 shooting of Joel Tatro, 45. Family members say Tatro is paralyzed from the neck down.
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The shooting occurred just after 1 a.m. on East Church Street in Oak Hill, where authorities said a man was hosting a party for his children, who are in high school.
James Powell, who was wanted on an attempted second-degree murder charge, turned himself in at the Daytona Beach Police Department three days after the shooting.
A second suspect, Sylvano Leslie II, 17, also turned himself in last week.
Larizza said in a news release that Powell was officially charged as an adult. However, the state attorney's office has not determined what charges and under what status the co-defendant will be charged.