NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A fifth suspect has been ordered to stand trial in an ambush shooting that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other teenagers outside a Philadelphia high school after a football scrimmage in 2022.
A judge ruled Monday that there was enough evidence to hold 17-year-old Dayron Burney-Thorn for trial on murder, aggravated assault and other charges in the September 2022 shooting near Roxborough High School and on charges in a separate slaying the day before.
He and four co-defendants, including three other teens, are to stand trial together.
Authorities said five people jumped from a parked SUV and opened fire on teens who were walking away from an athletic field at Roxborough High.
Nicholas Elizalde, 14, of suburban Havertown, was killed, and three other teens were taken to a hospital with wounds; another was treated at the scene.
Persons:
—, Dayron Burney, Thorn, Evan Hughes, ” Burney, Nicholas Elizalde, Jim Kenney
Organizations:
Roxborough High, Authorities, Democrat
Locations:
NORRISTOWN, Pa, Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s Germantown, Havertown