Jaylen Lambert (WPRI/YouTube).
A Massachusetts teenager is behind bars after he allegedly killed his older brother during an argument with a gun that held an extended magazine.
Jaylen Lambert, 17, stands accused of shooting his 20-year-old brother Jaleale Simmons to death. He is facing charges of murder, possession of a large capacity firearm and possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.
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The Fall River Police Department said in a press release its officers responded Saturday afternoon to a home in the 900 block of Rodman Street for a shooting. Officers arrived to find Simmons suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he died.
Prosecutors said Lambert and Simmons were in a physical argument at the home. Their mother tried to separate the two by pushing Simmons into his bedroom. Lambert allegedly left the area but returned some 30 seconds to two minutes later holding a firearm with an extended magazine.
“The argument resumed and the defendant shot his brother in the chest, killing him,” a prosecutor said, according to a video of the hearing from Providence, Rhode Island, CBS affiliate WPRI.
As the Commonwealth laid out its case, Lambert, standing next to his attorney, looked down at the floor and shook his head. Several family members and friends attended what was described as an emotional hearing, the Fall River Herald News reported. Some reportedly expressed their support for Lambert by shouting “We love you” and “It’s all right!”
The Herald News also reported Lambert attended B.M.C. Durfee High School where he played basketball. Simmons also attended the school.
Lambert will be tried as an adult because Massachusetts law forbids juvenile court from handling first- and second-degree murder cases when the defendant is older than 16. He is in the Bristol County Jail without bond.
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