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A 13-year-old has been charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the April 1 shooting death of his 12-year-old friend Kain Heiland.
Nolan Grove, who is being charged as an adult, is also facing a felony charge of having a firearm without a license and multiple misdemeanor counts of possession of a firearm by a minor and recklessly endangering another person.
Grove surrendered this morning and was arraigned, police said at a news conference in Red Lion, York County. Authorities are trying to find a secure juvenile facility for him.
Kain was spending the night at a friend’s house in Red Lion when the 13-year-old made a joke about his mother. Kain told him to shut up, and the 13-year-old responded by shooting Kain in the back, according to a search warrant return. Family members said Kain considered the 13-year-old a friend.
The 13-year-old and a third boy who was friends with Kain heard Kain make a noise and fall to the ground. When he didn’t get back up, the boys ran to their homes. Court documents said the 13-year-old called his dad and told him to come home.
Troopers found a .380-caliber shell casing near Heiland’s body, state police said. The 13-year-old’s father owns a .380-caliber gun, according to court documents.
Nolan’s father has not been charged.
A witness showed troopers a photo of the 13-year-old pointing a gun with a red laser at Heiland’s face. The clothing Heiland is wearing in the photo matches those he was found in after the shooting, state police said.
When the 13-year-old went to the state police’s York barracks for an interview hours later, he was wearing different clothing than during the shooting, state police said.
“In my experience with prior criminal investigations involving shootings, suspects will change clothing in an attempt to hide evidence,” state police wrote in the search warrant.
Hours after Kain’s death, state police collected the clothing the 13-year-old wore during the shooting, as well as photographs, DNA samples, a .380-caliber gun, magazines and bullets. Court documents said the search warrant was carried out around 4 a.m. April 2 at the 13-year-old’s home on the first block of First Avenue.
State police were silent on the investigation’s progress over the following weeks. Neighbors on the first block of First Avenue told PennLive tension had been escalating in the area. Community members drove slowly by the 13-year-old’s home, and pounded on the door, yelling for the boy’s father to come out, neighbors said.
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