17-year-old accused in fatal shooting of handyman in Coral Gables to be tried as adult
CORAL GABLES, FLA. – A teenage suspect accused in the fatal shooting of a 67-year-old man will be tried as an adult, authorities said.
Seventeen-year-old Jermaine Walker appeared in court on Saturday evening. He faces a list of charges, including first-degree murder and armed robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon.
Eighteen-year-old Gary Ragin also faces a murder charge in connection the July 22 crime.
Police said the duo approached Jorge Romero-Gil while the victim was at work in an alleyway near Ten Aragon Condominium along Aragon Avenue, just a block off Miracle Mile, July 22.
Investigators said the suspects, who were wearing ski masks, demanded Romero-Gil’s belongings at gunpoint, but even after the victim handed the robbers what they wanted, Walker shot him at close range.
Walker is being held without bond.
