By Associated Press - Tuesday, April 14, 2020

NEWPORT, Del. (AP) -

State police have charged a 15- year-old Delaware girl in the fatal shooting of another 15-year-old.

Angelise Merced of Elsmere was charged Monday with manslaughter, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a person prohibited. Merced was arraigned after turning herself in and committed to the New Castle County Detention Center. Bond was set at $130,000 cash.

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Merced is charged in the Feb. 15 shooting of Emoni Rivers Boyd at an apartment in Newport.

It was not immediately known whether Merced has a lawyer.

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