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.

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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.