HORN LAKE, Miss — UPDATE 11/4/2021 - A Shelby County Grand Jury has indicted a Mississippi 15-year-old with murder in the shooting on an acquaintance in Memphis.
Prosecutors said Caleb Hamer was 14 when he shot 18-year-old Joseph Boose the afternoon of April 11, 2021, in the 3200 block of Forest Brooke Drive in southwest Memphis. Witnesses told investigators they heard a gunshot in the living room and found Boose shot in the chest when they went to check.
Boose was taken to the hospital, where he died.
Prosecutors said witnesses told them Hamer acknowledged to them that he had shot Boose.
Investigators said Hamer stole a gun and credit card from the scene and took off but was caught 10 days later in Horn Lake by U.S. Marshals. They said Hamer jumped from a second-floor window to try to escape and threw a gun onto a rooftop, but was taken into custody.
Hamer is charged with first-degree felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and theft under $1,000. He is being held at the Shelby County Jail East juvenile facility.
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4/21/2021 - A 14-year-old boy is behind bars and faces murder charges, but getting him there was eventful.
According to U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller, it all started April 11, 2021, when a person was shot to death in the 3200 block of Forest Brook in Memphis. A warrant for second degree murder was issued.
Flash forward to April 21 when the U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force tracked their suspect to a home in Horn Lake, Mississippi. The suspect tried to get away by jumping out of a second story window in the 5700 block of Chance Drive N., but he was caught. He was not injured.
The victim in the murder has been identified as 18-year-old Joseph Boose. Boose and the suspect were known to each other.
