A man pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge stemming from the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy who was playing video games in the bedroom of his Pasadena home nearly four years ago.

Muhammad Abdul-Malik, 38, and co-defendant Teraeja Laquanna Flemmings, 31, were charged July 18 with murder in connection with the Nov. 20, 2021, killing of Iran Moreno.

Abdul-Malik is also facing an allegation that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury or death, along with one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

He allegedly fired a single gunshot through a window in Moreno’s home in the 900 block of North Raymond Avenue from a vacant lot across the street, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Abdul-Malik then

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