Teen indicted as adult in 2 shooting deaths

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A 14-year-old boy indicted as an adult on murder charges in the shooting deaths of two men could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted.
Ohio law would prevent him from being sentenced to death because he's under 18.
David Harris of Cincinnati was indicted Monday on one count of aggravated murder, one count of murder and two counts of aggravated robbery in the deaths of George Vance, 27, and David Hutchinson, 20. The men were robbed and killed four days apart in May.
"This is something, this kind of a trend, we are seeing -- more violent offenses committed by people at a younger age," Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen said Monday.
Harris remains in the county jail in lieu of $1.4 million bond. He is being held separate from adults, said Steve Barnett, spokesman for the county sheriff's department.
Harris' attorney, Terry Weber, said Monday that the indictment sends the wrong message. State law already allows for juveniles charged in serious crimes to be treated differently, the assistant county public defender said.
"If you are going to give up on juveniles and not at least attempt to rehabilitate, why do we have a juvenile system?" said Weber.
The next hearing for Harris is set for Sept. 9 before county Common Pleas Magistrate Richard Bernat.