2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
Two 13-year-old boys were arrested and charged with murder after a library fire in Visalia, California, caused the death of two firefighters.
The minors were arrested on Friday and remained behind bars until the closing of this note, as confirmed by the Tulare County District Attorney's Office in the south of the state in a Facebook post.
Raymond Figueroa, 35, and a fire lieutenant died on Tuesday night as a result of the injuries caused by the fire while fighting the flames. The body of his partner Patrick Jones, 25, was discovered a day later in the rubble that remained of the historic Porterville library.
The compound was completely destroyed by the flames, according to USA Today.
Patrick Jones, 25, and Raymond Figueroa, 35, died from the fire caused by the detainees:
At a press conference Eric Kroutil, chief of the Tulare police, asked for calm from the public demanding justice for the terrible event.
The police assured that if the suspects were 17 years old or older, they would be prosecuted as adults, but since they are minors under 14 years of age, California laws establish that they should not be prosecuted in this way, even if their charges are for a serious crime. or violent felonies. "They could face a long sentence. [But] that will not happen in this case”
The minors - whose identities have not been revealed - have denied the allegations and are expected to reappear in court on March 11.
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