CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The 16-year-old accused of shooting and killing a fellow student at Butler High School in Matthews three weeks ago is charged with second-degree murder.
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Monday, a grand jury returned the indictment against Jatwan Cuffie.
Cuffie was initially charged as an adult with the first-degree murder of 16-year-old Bobby McKeithen.
An indictment has transferred the cast from District Court to Superior Court, which means his next court day its unknown.
Police accused Cuffie, a ninth-grader, in the October 29 shooting death of 16-year-old Bobby McKeithen, a 10th-grader at Butler High School, during a fight in a crowded hallway.
Last week, authorities charged three students after a post on social media suggested there was a gun on a high school campus, one of three instances in which weapons were reported at schools.
Several days later, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools announced it was increasing security measures, including random wanding of students and random searches of backpacks and bags.