Juvenile charged as adult in January Charleston smoke shop homicide

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The Tobacco & Pipe smoke shop, 2809 7th Ave. in Charleston, is shown on Feb. 28, 2024. The shop is covered in memorial graffiti for Caden Martin, 19, an employee of the shop who was fatally shot in the shop on Jan. 30, 2024.




One of two 14-year-old boys charged with murder in the January death of Caden Martin has had his case transferred from juvenile to adult criminal court.

Kanawha Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers on Tuesday transferred the case of Bre’juan Laquay Williams-Hampton on charges of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery.

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