Published Online: February 19, 2008
Published in Print: February 20, 2008, as Student, 14, Charged in Shooting in Classroom in Oxnard, Calif.

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Student, 14, Charged in Shooting in Classroom in Oxnard, Calif.

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Prosecutors on Feb. 14 charged a 14-year-old boy with attempted murder and said he committed a hate crime in the classroom shooting of a student in Oxnard, Calif., who has since been declared brain dead.

Prosecutors would not say why they filed a hate-crime enhancement with the attempted murder count, but classmates said the 15-year-old victim, Lawrence King, sometimes wore women’s clothes. Prosecutors want the suspect tried as an adult and expect to upgrade the charges after Mr. King is taken off a ventilator for organ donation.

The victim was shot in the head Feb. 12 during a class at E.O. Green Junior High School, police said. More than 20 other students were in the room at the time.

By The Associated Press

Vol. 27, Issue 24, Page 4

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