A 13-year-old boy has been indicted on first-degree murder charges after a botched armed robbery in Cocoa according to the State Attorney’s Office for the 18th Judicial Circuit.Kelby Miller, 30, was shot and killed in the November incident.Miller drove to a vacant house on Bristol Drive to meet an unknown person he had been texting with via a social media app, the report says. After Miller messaged the unknown person that he had arrived, the 13-year-old approached and attempted to rob him, shooting him once in the torso with a .45 caliber handgun, the SAO said.Severely wounded, Miller called 911 and reported that he had been robbed. However, Cocoa police officers found he still had his cellphone, keys, wallet and money. Miller told officers that “only one person was responsible for the attack.”He was airlifted to Holmes Regional Medical Center, where he died a few hours later.Security camera video from the neighborhood showed the 13-year-old walking back and forth in the area, then running toward where Miller was parked about two minutes after Miller texted that he had arrived.Investigators said the victim’s text communications regarding the meeting were not with the 13-year-old but with an unidentified accomplice who likely directed him by phone.While being questioned by police, the 13-year-old and his mother identified him as the person in the security videos, CPD said. The 13-year-old admitted to firing the gun but claimed it was an accident. He did not implicate anyone else in the murder.He will be charged as an adult and held at the Brevard County Jail until trial.The boy was originally charged with manslaughter, but a Brevard County grand jury decided those charges should be upgraded>> WESH 2 is not naming the suspect because of his age.

COCOA, Fla. —

A 13-year-old boy has been indicted on first-degree murder charges after a botched armed robbery in Cocoa according to the State Attorney’s Office for the 18th Judicial Circuit.

Kelby Miller, 30, was shot and killed in the November incident.

Miller drove to a vacant house on Bristol Drive to meet an unknown person he had been texting with via a social media app, the report says.

After Miller messaged the unknown person that he had arrived, the 13-year-old approached and attempted to rob him, shooting him once in the torso with a .45 caliber handgun, the SAO said.

Severely wounded, Miller called 911 and reported that he had been robbed. However, Cocoa police officers found he still had his cellphone, keys, wallet and money. Miller told officers that “only one person was responsible for the attack.”

He was airlifted to Holmes Regional Medical Center, where he died a few hours later.

Security camera video from the neighborhood showed the 13-year-old walking back and forth in the area, then running toward where Miller was parked about two minutes after Miller texted that he had arrived.

Investigators said the victim’s text communications regarding the meeting were not with the 13-year-old but with an unidentified accomplice who likely directed him by phone.

While being questioned by police, the 13-year-old and his mother identified him as the person in the security videos, CPD said.

The 13-year-old admitted to firing the gun but claimed it was an accident. He did not implicate anyone else in the murder.

He will be charged as an adult and held at the Brevard County Jail until trial.

The boy was originally charged with manslaughter, but a Brevard County grand jury decided those charges should be upgraded

>> WESH 2 is not naming the suspect because of his age.