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Teen accused of shooting at Erie High School to be tried as an adult

June 8, 2022 / 4:40 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Erie High School shooting suspect to be tried as adult

ERIE, Pa. (KDKA) - A teenager accused of shooting one person at a high school in Erie will be tried as an adult.

According to a report from the Erie Times-News, 14-year-old Jim'mare Crosby agreed to have his criminal case transferred from juvenile court to adult criminal court.

Crosby is in prison on a $100,000 bond.

Investigators said that Crosby shot one person and then ran away from the school in April.

He later turned himself in after the shooting.

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.