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Teen Charged In Fatal Pool Hall Shooting

Whitehall Police

Charges have been filed in the January 13th fatal shooting at a pool hall in Whitehall. 14-year-old Erik Thompson Junior is charged with killing 18-year-old Jaurice Blakely at the East Main Street pool hall. Thompson was arrested yesterday. 27-year-old Robert Cox II and 20-year-old Per'Shawda Crawford were charged last week with complicity. Police say Cox and Thompson were at the facility together and Crawford drove the getaway vehicle.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.