15-year-old pleads guilty to Newark Christmas Shootings

New Jersey – A 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting three teenagers on Christmas day last year in Newark.

Newark Christmas shooting suspect guilty

According to NJ.com, the teen pleaded guilty on Monday in juvenile court in connection with the murders of Zainee Hailey, Kasson Morman and Abdul Frazier, said Katherine Carter, spokeswoman for the Essex County prosecutor’s office.

Terms of the plea agreement

Under the terms of the plea agreement, he faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced. Juveniles are sentenced to what is called an “indeterminate term,” meaning the parole board can release him when it determines he is rehabilitated, said Carter.

Newark Christmas shooting suspect not waived to adult court

The boy’s name has not been released because his case wasn’t waived up to adult court. When asked why the 15-year-old wasn’t moved to adult court, in an email to NJ.com Carter said : “Based on the facts and the evidence, the decision was made to not to waive the case up to adult court.”

The teen opened fired on Schley Street in Newark because he felt “disrespected” after one of the boys apparently hit on his girlfriend.

Hailey, 13, was gunned down as she and her younger brother carried trash bags to the street from her family’s third-floor apartment. Hailey and Morman, 15, died shortly after the attack, and Frazier, 14, died from his injuries a few weeks later