Palm Coast, FL - The 17-year-old suspect in the shooting death of 18-year-old Curtis Gray on April 13 will be charged as an adult. The 7th Circuit State Attorney R.J. Larizza made that decision about Marion Gavins, Jr. last Friday (May 3).
Since his arrest on April 14, Gavins had been held at the Department of Juvenile Justice in Daytona Beach. When the indictment to charge as an adult came down on Friday, he was brought to the Flagler County Jail for processing. Gavins turns 18 on May 16. Until that day, he'll be held by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office as a courtesy hold. Once he turns 18, Gavins will be back in the Flagler County Jail.
"It is a somber reality of our job that sometimes requires the charging of juveniles in adult court - but some acts are so violent and have such little regard for the value of human life, that the perpetrator has to be held accountable with adult consequences," State Attorney R.J. Larizza said.
