LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 14-year-old boy was arrested in the slaying of his 11-year-old cousin whose body was found over the weekend in an apartment trash bin, police said Monday.
The teenager, whose name was not released, was arrested Sunday night at an apartment near where young Bryan Lockley's body was found Saturday, said police Capt. Kenneth Garner. The teen, who told relatives the shooting was accidental, was raised with Bryan and often lived in the same apartment
"They're very close by all accounts," Garner said, adding that "some kind of dispute" led to the shooting. "We do know that they had had some rivalry in the past and so that may play a part in this."
The teen had not gone home since the shooting Saturday afternoon. He was being held at a juvenile facility, and told police he had the shotgun used in the shooting for about two years, Garner said. Detectives searched for the weapon Monday.
Bryan's sister Ramona Reese, 24, said she spoke with the 14-year-old by phone Monday morning.
"He was upset and said it was an accident," she said. "I want to talk to him personally, see eye to eye. He's my cousin. I love him regardless of anything."
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The teenager, whose name was not released, was arrested Sunday night at an apartment near where young Bryan Lockley's body was found Saturday, said police Capt. Kenneth Garner. The teen, who told relatives the shooting was accidental, was raised with Bryan and often lived in the same apartment
"They're very close by all accounts," Garner said, adding that "some kind of dispute" led to the shooting. "We do know that they had had some rivalry in the past and so that may play a part in this."
The teen had not gone home since the shooting Saturday afternoon. He was being held at a juvenile facility, and told police he had the shotgun used in the shooting for about two years, Garner said. Detectives searched for the weapon Monday.
Bryan's sister Ramona Reese, 24, said she spoke with the 14-year-old by phone Monday morning.
"He was upset and said it was an accident," she said. "I want to talk to him personally, see eye to eye. He's my cousin. I love him regardless of anything."
http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/9327095p-10251809c.html