A 16-year-old boy will stand trial in connection with a double homicide in Pitcairn in June.

Defense attorney Casey White said he will move to have 16-year-old Jamon Brookins’ case moved to juvenile court.

Jamon is accused of shooting two other 16-year-old boys in what’s been characterized as a gun sale gone wrong: Isiah McCarthy and Tyrant Sutton.

The incident happened midafternoon June 26 when Jamon accompanied his cousin and her friend, both juveniles, to buy a gun from the two other boys in Shaw Alley. Jamon told detectives he believed he was asked to come along because the girls thought they might be robbed.

“It’s certainly clear to me that this young man was acting in self-defense,” Mr. White said. “And it’s clear to me that my client was acting in not only his best interest, but

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