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- A 15-year-old boy is charged in juvenile court with aggravated murder in an Ogden shooting.
- He faces 29 felonies, including attempted murder, for the Oct. 7 incident that killed a 16-year-old Ben Lomond student.
- The 15-year-old's father allegedly helped him flee to Mexico and is now facing criminal charges, as well.
OGDEN — A second suspected gunman in the Oct. 7 shooting death of a Ben Lomond High School student, who apparently fled to Mexico after the killing, has now been charged as a juvenile with aggravated murder.
The 15-year-old Roy boy was charged Wednesday in 2nd District Juvenile Court with aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder, 25 counts of felony discharge of a firearm, and possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor in the incident. All 29 charges are first-degree felonies.
Those are the same charges that 16-year-old Isaias Carranza — the other suspected gunman — faces as an adult in 2nd District Court. KSL.com has chosen not to name the 15-year-old at this time.
The charges against him were filed on the same day prosecutors charged the 15-year-old's father with helping his son flee to Monterrey, Mexico, with his mother. Fernando Renteria, 41, of Roy, was charged with two counts of obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony.
Teen's alleged role in Ogden Homicide
Police say Carranza was the driver of a Cadillac that was pursuing another car, in which Mason Caballero, a 16-year-old Ben Lomond High student, was a passenger. Carranza was "hanging out of the driver's door, driving while firing a handgun," according to charging documents.
The 15-year-old was in the front passenger seat, police say. "The video footage also revealed a Hispanic male seated in the front passenger seat with his arm extended out of the Cadillac while firing a handgun toward the victim vehicle," the charges state.
The video footage also revealed a Hispanic male seated in the front passenger seat with his arm extended out of the Cadillac while firing a handgun toward the victim vehicle.
–15-year-old's charging documents
Investigators say Caballero, who was sitting in the back seat of the victim vehicle, was hit by a bullet that entered through the trunk of the car and subsequently died. Two others seated in the front of the vehicle were unharmed.
The incident occurred shortly after school ended for the day, about a half mile from Ben Lomond High School on Gramercy Avenue near Highland Junior High School.
As in the Carranza case, all 29 criminal charges filed against the 15-year-old — who is also suspected of committing a robbery and assault on Aug. 8 in Roy — include potential gang enhancement penalties. Both Carranza and the 15-year-old are alleged to be members of the 18th Street gang.
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Father helped son tied to killing of Ben Lomond High student flee to Mexico, charges say
A father of a teen who is suspected of being one of two shooters in the killing of a Ben Lomond High student is now facing charges accusing him of helping his son flee to Mexico.Renteria, the 15-year-old's father, is accused of lying to police on Oct. 9. That's when they questioned him outside his Roy home about the whereabouts of his son and his wife, the boy's mother. He told police he didn't know where they were, according to charging documents.
The teen suspect traveled with his father, mother and several others on Oct. 8, a day after Caballero's killing, to Las Vegas. After hugs goodbye, the mother and son boarded a flight to Mexico, the charges say.
On Oct. 23, Ogden police said a second suspect, an unnamed juvenile, had been arrested on Oct. 13 in Denver — apparently the 15-year-old.
"With two suspects now in custody, no additional suspects are outstanding at this time," the press release said about the second arrest.
Police haven't publicly divulged the trail the 15-year-old followed after flying to Mexico.
Roy robbery charges
In the separate Aug. 8 case from Roy, a juvenile court petition accuses the 15-year-old of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated assault and riot causing substantial or serious bodily injury in an attack on two people at a Roy convenience store. The teen suspect and four others took part in the attack, according to police.
Weber County prosecutors also filed charges on Oct. 13 against an adult suspected in the Aug. 8 incident: Marcoantonio Palafox Escareno, 21, of Ogden. Escareno is charged in 2nd District Court with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony; two counts of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; and a misdemeanor count of rioting.
Escareno's charging documents say he and four others beat two victims in the convenience store, while the police affidavit in the 15-year-old's case says a watch was taken from one of the victims. All the suspects are members of the 18th Street gang or affiliated with it, according to Escareno's charging papers, and Escareno's charges face potential gang enhancement penalties.
Escareno was booked into the Weber County Jail on Monday, according to jail records, and a preliminary hearing in the case is set for Nov. 4.
