{"id":396671,"date":"2025-11-22T10:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/396671\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:02:22","slug":"fourth-suspect-arrested-in-october-shooting-death-of-phoenix-teen-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/396671\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth suspect arrested in October shooting death of Phoenix teen boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Phoenix police announced on Friday that they arrested the last person they were looking for in connection with the murder of a teen boy last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Officers say they arrested 20-year-old Charles Stokes, Jr. on Thursday. He was booked into jail on first-degree murder and armed robbery charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Three teenagers were already arrested and are being charged as adults in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/10\/03\/1-teen-dead-2-others-hurt-after-shooting-south-phoenix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/10\/03\/1-teen-dead-2-others-hurt-after-shooting-south-phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\">death of 16-year-old Trey Bomelyn<\/a> on Oct. 2.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"(From left to right) Anthony Coleman, Syncere Jack, Jacari West, and Charles Stokes Jr. face...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TILXEBNUEJBRZHRZGVPRFWYJ4U.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>(From left to right) Anthony Coleman, Syncere Jack, Jacari West, and Charles Stokes Jr. face charges in the murder of 16-year-old Trey Bomelyn.(Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">According to police, Anthony Coleman, Syncere Jack, Jacari West and Stokes were involved in an armed robbery of a group of kids <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/E+La+Salle+St+%26+S+37th+St,+Phoenix,+AZ+85040\/@33.399191,-112.0059513,15z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x872b0fa0941bf409:0x767002411365b418!8m2!3d33.3971255!4d-112.001095!16s%2Fg%2F11h9ym1ptl!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/E+La+Salle+St+%26+S+37th+St,+Phoenix,+AZ+85040\/@33.399191,-112.0059513,15z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x872b0fa0941bf409:0x767002411365b418!8m2!3d33.3971255!4d-112.001095!16s%2Fg%2F11h9ym1ptl!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">near 37th Street and Roeser Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Court documents said Bomelyn was playing a high school game called \u201cAssassins\u201d with water guns with two other teens, and three people walked up to them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">They tried to steal from the group. The suspects drove off, and police said Coleman opened fire on the victims. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Bomelyn died on the way to the hospital. Police said they found the second victim shot at the scene, and the third teen, who was shot, was dropped off at the hospital. The other two should survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The other three suspects are under 18 but are being charged in adult court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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