CANYON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy will be tried as a juvenile on charges he shot and killed his foster father and another man last fall at a hunting cabin in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon.
The clerk’s office at the Grant County Circuit Court in Canyon City says the boy, whose name was withheld by The Associated Press because of his age, goes on trial on two juvenile counts of aggravated murder starting March 2.
He is accused of shooting Michael Piete of Baker City and Piete’s uncle, Kenneth Gilliland, at a hunting cabin outside Granite. Authorities have not described a motive, but juvenile records show the boy who was 14 at the time had a history of behavioral problems.
The ruling was made Wednesday.
Defense lawyer Katie Berger did not immediately return a call for comment.
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