A 15-year-old Bellefontaine boy is facing charges of murder, felonious assault and firearm specifications related to a Christmas Eve shooting death, the Logan County Prosecutor’s Office reports.
The defendant, Charly Yuretich, was taken into custody by officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department Tuesday morning, Dec. 24, as a person of interest after Nathaniel G. Jones, 23, was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a residence at 227 N. Detroit St., Bellefontaine.
Officers responded to the residence about 10:22 a.m. following a 911 call about a shooting there.
Jones was transported to Mary Rutan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, officers previously reported.
Since Yuretich is 15, the complaint from the prosecutor’s office was filed in juvenile court. However, the prosecutor’s office filed a motion to have him bound over to adult court to be tried as an adult, Logan County Prosecutor Eric Stewart said.
The juvenile court will hold several hearings to determine whether or not he should be bound over.
Yuretich will next appear in court at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, where the court will appoint him an attorney and set a probable cause hearing.
Officers on the scene Tuesday were assisted by Bellefontaine Fire & EMS and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
The investigation into this matter continues and those with relevant information are asked to contact the Bellefontaine Police Department at (937) 599-1010.