15-year-old pleads guilty to Newark Christmas Shootings

Pictured Above:  Abdul Frazier, Kasson Morman, Zainee Hailey

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

According to NJ.com, the boy plead 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 prosecutor’s office.

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

The boy’s name was not released because he wasn’t waived up to adult court. When asked why the 15-year-old wasn’t moved to adult court, in an email the prosecutor said : “Based on the facts and the evidence, the decision was made to not to waive the case up to adult court.” She declined to elaborate.”

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