What happened: A third 17-year-old was taken into custody in connection with the fatal sh00ting of 19-year-old Nigel Beckford in Boynton Beach, police said.
Background: The Boynton Beach Police Department said the teen was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service on Oct.
15 and charged with accessory after the fact to a capital felony, a first-degree felony. The juvenile was transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center.
The arrest comes after two other 17-year-olds, Sebastian Abdul Miller and Jamill Jean-Baptiste, were taken into custody in connection with Beckford's klling. Both face first-degree murder charges.
String of indecent exposure reports on bridge leads to arrest Miller was ordered held without bond on the murder charge, and Jean-Baptiste was also ordered held without bond on the murder charge. Beckford was sh0t multiple times on Aug.
8 near the 100 block of Northwest 8th Avenue in Boynton Beach.
The available details are limited to the information verified at publication time. Readers should expect updates as the matter develops.
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Source: official sources including CBS12 News.
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