11-Year-Old Charged With Murder Of Former Louisiana Mayor And Daughter

An 11-year-old boy from Louisiana has been charged with two counts of murder after shooting and killing a former Louisiana Mayor and his daughter.

Minden Police Chief Jared Mclver reported an 11-year-old shot and killed Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, and his daughter, Keisha Miles, 31.

Officials have released no details on whether the 11-year-old in custody is related to Cornelius or Miles.

Cornelius was previously a member of the Minden city council and was appointed mayor for a time in 2013.

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Per CBS:

An 11-year-old boy shot and killed the 82-year-old onetime mayor of a northwest Louisiana town, police say.

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Minden Police Chief Jared McIver told local news outlets that the boy told police that he shot and killed Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, and his daughter, Keisha Miles, 31. Both were found Sunday morning with multiple gunshot wounds.

Officials haven’t said how the boy, who is in custody, was related to the victims. Neighbors told KSLA-TV that they heard Cornelius and the boy arguing and later heard multiple gunshots.

“About eight gunshots. Pow, pow, pow and then pow, pow, pow,” one neighbor told the station.

Cornelius was a longtime member of the Minden city council who was appointed mayor for a time in 2013 after the previous mayor died.

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Here’s what The Guardian reported:

An 11-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after the fatal shootings of a former Louisiana mayor and his daughter.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Jared McIver, police chief of Minden, a small town in north-west Louisiana, said that at about 6.30am on Sunday police responded to reports of a shooting inside a house on Austin Street, according to local reports.

Upon arrival at the scene, police found 82-year-old Joe Cornelius Sr and 31-year old Keisha Miles dead with multiple gunshot wounds. They also found two hidden handguns with empty magazines. McIver said the calibers matched the shell casings that were found at the scene.

One neighbor told KSLA “About eight gunshots. Pow, pow, pow and then pow, pow, pow.”

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