AUGUSTA, Ga. — A 16-year-old football player is heading home after a judge dismissed a warrant charging him with murder.
Vincent Carter Jr. was charged with murder in the death of 14-year-old Deandre Howell in Augusta last month.
But in a preliminary hearing on Thursday, Carter’s attorney, Keith Johnson, told Channel 2 Action News that the judge dismissed the warrant, saying there was not enough probable cause.
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Johnson claims Howell, the victim, was the aggressor and that Carter was struck first.
The attorney says the Carter will now be home just in time for his 17th birthday.
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But Johnson says the district attorney’s office can decide to seek an indictment from a grand jury.
Channel 2 Action News has reached out to the district attorney’s office for comment.
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