OCOEE, Fla. — An 11-year-old boy linked to a deadly shooting remained in custody at Orange County’s juvenile detention center on Monday.
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Police said the boy shot and killed a 55-year-old woman Friday in Ocoee.
It happened on Idaho Court, not far from Spring Lake Elementary School.
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In a courtroom Saturday morning, a relative of the boy cried when speaking before a judge.
“He biologically is my cousin,” she said. My mom has been his guardian since he was 6 weeks old.”
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The woman asked the judge to allow other family members to visit the boy.
That permission was granted.
Investigators discovered shooting victim Sandra King at a home Friday before taking her to AdventHealth hospital in Apopka, where she died.
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WFTV is working to learn from police the relationship between the 11-year-old and King.
Investigators have also not yet said whether they think the shooting was accidental or intentional.
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