An Oktibbeha County grand jury has indicted a Starkville teenager for first-degree murder in a 2019 fatal shooting at Brookville Garden.
Aviante Jordan, who was 16 at the time of the incident, is accused of killing Laterrance McCarter, 23. Police responded to the scene at about 1:45 p.m. Nov. 24 and found McCarter’s body on Highland Avenue, on the east side of the apartment complex, The Dispatch previously reported.
Jordan was arrested the next day.
Lakorian Stewart, 31, also was arrested at the time for conspiracy to commit a crime. He has not yet been indicted in the incident, according to the Oktibbeha County Circuit Clerk’s office.
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