MD.Girl, 14, Shot Men Who Laughed At Her

Maryland Juvenile Arrested for Violent Outbreak In School released from Maryland Juvenile Justice and several days later shoots two men in an attempted robbery.

BALTIMORE — A 14-year-old girl shot two men during a robbery attempt after she was laughed at because of her age, according to charging documents.

One of the men died a few days later, and the suspect now faces first-degree murder charges.

Arteesha Holt was taken into custody Tuesday night while at the Juvenile Justice Center on an unrelated offense, a Baltimore city police spokesman said Wednesday morning. She has been charged as an adult.

Investigators said Jose Gonzalez-Coreas and Wilmer Bonilla were shot on Aug. 13 in the 100 block of North Linwood Avenue near Patterson Park. They were sitting on the front steps of a residence at the time, police said.

Charging documents state that Holt “walked up to the two victims, produced a handgun and announced a robbery. The victims laughed at the defendant due to her young age,” and that’s when Holt shot at them, police said.

“It’s absolutely heinous that a 14-year-old girl would go out on the street with an illegal gun and kill somebody in an attempt to rob them, and for what?” said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

Gonzalez-Coreas, who police said was shot in the forehead, died from his injuries on Aug. 20. Bonilla was treated and released at a local hospital.

In addition to first-degree murder, Holt was also charged with first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and armed robbery.

Holt’s 18-year-old brother, Shawn Palmer, was also charged with accessory after the fact, according to police.

“After she committed the murder, she went to her brother’s house and indicated she had killed this man, and he helped her hide the gun,” Guglielmi said.

“I do not know where she would get a gun from. That’s something that we don’t allow our children to have,” said Holt’s aunt, Natasha Wilson.

She said the family is still coming to grips with the whole situation. She said Holt suffers from mental problems, which is why she was in juvenile custody at the time of her arrest.

“She didn’t do nothing. It was a dispute in school. When you get real violent in school and toss chairs or whatever, that’s what happened. She didn’t commit no crime to just be in juvenile justice, no,” Wilson said, referring to the incident that put Holt in juvenile custody.

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