Wednesday, April 19, 2000
Teen charged in death of friend
17-year-old was shot in back of head
BY Tom O'Neill
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MIAMI TOWNSHIP — A 17-year-old township boy was charged Tuesday in the shooting death of a friend at the suspect's home, township police said.
Daniel Carnes, of Oak Vis ta in the Vista Woods Mobile Home Park off Deerfield Road, had been held in the Clermont County Juvenile Detention Center since the April 8 incident in his home.
Daniel is now charged with juvenile delinquency by reason of murder.
A hearing is scheduled for April 24 before Clermont County Juvenile Court Judge Stephanie Wyler. Miami Township Police Chief Steven Bailey said authorities likely would request that Daniel's case be bound over to adult court.
He was charged following a meeting Monday with police, Daniel and the teen's attorney.
His friend, Jake Gilligan, 17, of Miami Township, was shot once in the back of the head. Both are former students at Live Oaks Career Development Campus in the township.
When police arrived at the home April 8, they found Daniel in the kitchen with minor facial injuries. He was treated at Bethesda North Hospital, and released the same day. He was then charged with juvenile delinquency by reason of underage alcohol consumption, drug abuse and tampering with evidence.
In the days following the shooting, police said Daniel had not given them an explanation for how Jake died, nor did he give an account involving a possible third person.
Jake's body was on a couch in Daniel's home when police arrived that Saturday morn ing.
Daniel's parents were out of town at the time.
It was only the second homicide in the township in the past five years, and was particularly troubling to Chief Bailey because of the age of the victim and suspect.
“I'm just appalled that people could kill each other like this,” he said Tuesday, “kids with their whole lives ahead of them.”
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