Second Man Charged In Killing Of High School Hoops Player
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities have made another arrest in the shooting death of a promising New Jersey high school basketball player.
Twenty-year-old Hasmeek Coles, of Paterson, faces single counts of murder and receiving stolen property and three counts of attempted murder. His bail was set at $2 million, and it wasn't known Saturday if he's retained an attorney.
Coles was arrested Friday, one day after another city man charged in the case — 20-year Gregory Oliver — pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and weapons charges.
Both men are charged in the death of 15-year-old Armoni Sexton. He was killed and three others were injured in a drive-by shooting in Paterson on April 18.
Sexton was a top scorer and rebounder at the Paterson Charter School for Science for Science and Technology.
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