WAXAHACHIE, Texas — A 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a female classmate in their North Texas high school cafeteria will stand trial as an adult. State District Judge Cindy Ermatinger ordered Tuesday that Chad Anthony Padilla (pa-DEE’-yah) be prosecuted as an adult on an aggravated assault charge in the Jan. 22 shooting of a 15-year-old girl in the Italy (IHT’-lee) High School cafeteria. WBAP-AM in Dallas-Fort Worth reported that an investigator testified Tuesday that the victim said she had hugged Padilla, asked him to sit and told him he appeared angry. Sheriff’s investigator Brian McIntosh says the boy then chased the girl outside but dropped his gun when confronted by officers. ——This story has been corrected to show that it was an investigator who testified, not the victim.

Source: National Post June 05, 2018 23:50 UTC