FENTON, Mich. – A Fenton teenager is charged with murder after police said he shot his 18-year-old friend in the back of the head with a semiautomatic pistol.
Police said Abdurrahman Ahmed Akl, 16, will be charged as an adult after the alleged fatal shooting of Brady Alan Morris, 18.
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Police were called to a home around 11 p.m. March 4 in the 14000 block of Moffett Drive in Fenton Township on reports of a teen shot in the head.
When they arrived, they found Akl outside the home and a semiautomatic pistol on the porch. Akl was immediately taken into custody.
Inside the home, a deputy found Morris in a first-floor bedroom with a gunshot wound to his head. Medical officials arrived and took him to Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc Township, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators said Akl and Morris, who were friends, were alone on the first floor of the home when the shooting happened. Other members of Akl’s family and one other guest were on the second and third floors of the home.
It appears Morris was shot from behind at point-blank range on the top left side of his head, police said.
"This is obviously a very tragic event that has stunned the community and resulted in the loss of life of a young man," Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said. "We will do everything we can to see that justice is carried through in the criminal judicial system."
Akl is expected to be arraigned Friday at 67th District Court.
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