SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The lawyer for a Springfield teenager facing a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his 15-year-old girlfriend is asking a judge to drop the charge.
Jeffrey Brown, a lawyer for 18-year-old Anthony Diaz, told a judge Monday that the April shooting of Daneyshkalis (DAY’-nish-kuh-lees) Davila was accidental and there was insufficient evidence presented to the grand jury to support a second-degree murder indictment.
The Republican (https://bit.ly/2gE8862 ) reports that Brown said there is no evidence Diaz wanted to kill or harm Davila.
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The girl’s brother witnessed the shooting and told investigators that Diaz was spinning the chamber of a revolver when the cylinder snapped shut and the gun fired. The victim was struck in the abdomen.
Prosecutors argued that the murder charge should stand.
The judge did not immediately rule.
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Information from: The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, https://www.masslive.com/news/
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