A 14-year-old Upper Darby youth has been charged and jailed in the gunshot death of a 14-year-old girl on Springton Road in the township.
Nazim Lar, of the first block of Powell Lane, was charged with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and related offenses and denied bail after arraignment Friday night by District Judge David R. Griffin.
The arraignment paperwork states that he was taken to the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.
He was charged in the death Thursday of the girl, who suffered a gunshot wound to the forehead, and was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, but lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful.
One witness in the house reported that after they heard the gunshot, Lar exclaimed, “Oh my God, I just killed her!”
The police affidavit stated that Lar and at least one other person knew that the victim’s mother kept a handgun in the house, and they retrieved it. The group had a half day of school and all walked to the victim’s house. The victim texted her mother to let the mother know that she was home.
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