CALEB HARRIS

DETROIT – A 5-year-old boy was killed in February because the person who killed his mother and her boyfriend believed the child “was going to snitch,” a witness testified in 36th District Court on Thursday. Harris and Benson were each shot nine times and Marshall was shot four times. Judge Kenneth King heard from three witnesses, including a friend of defendant Malcolm Ray Hardy, 16, of Detroit, the report said. The only other person in the home was Harris, and the witness said Hardy believed the child “was going to snitch,” so Hardy shot him in the leg and then fatally shot him in the head. He was bound over on all charges and will be arraigned in the 3rd Circuit Court on May 19, FOX 2 reports.

DETROIT – A 16-year-old male has been charged and remanded to jail in the premeditated murders of a couple and the woman’s 5-year-old son at a Detroit home. Malcolm Ray Hardy, of Detroit, is charged as a adult in this case, which has been called “truly disturbing,” by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. The bodies of Aaron Benson, 32, LaShon Marshall, 28, and 5-year-old Caleb Harris were found at Benson’s home on Friday, Feb. 18. RELATED: 16-year-old charged in homicide of boy, 5, and 2 adults“This case is truly disturbing, especially as it relates to young Caleb,” Worthy said in a statement. RELATED: 2 teens arrested after shooting deaths of 5-year-old boy, 2 adultsAspects of the case remain under investigation.

DETROIT – A 16-year-old male has been charged in the premeditated murders of a couple and the woman’s 5-year-old son at a Detroit home; the bodies were discovered last week. The Detroit teen is being charged as a adult in this case, which has been called “truly disturbing,” by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. Investigation by the Detroit Police Department led to the arrest of the defendant and another teen male suspect on Monday, Feb. 21. There was insufficient evidence to charge the other teen male, officials said. The defendant is charged with three counts of felony murder, three counts of first-degree premeditated murder, two counts of armed robbery, and eight counts of felony firearm.

A 16-year-old is being charged as an adult in a triple homicide that left a man, woman and 5-year-old boy dead in Detroit. Charges against a second teenager who was taken into custody were denied.