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Suspect in shooting of Vernice Hall will stand trial as adult.
A teenager charged with shooting 12-year-old Vernice Hall as she walked home from a party will stand trial as an adult.
Semaj Marquise Magee, 16, faces 18 felony charges -- including first-degree attempted murder -- for his involvement in the September shooting. He was certified as an adult Wednesday after a hearing before Hennepin County District Judge Pamela Alexander.
Hall, who was standing a few feet from her home, was shot in the head and is undergoing intense physical, speech and occupational therapy.
The day after the shooting, a witness on a city bus told police he heard Magee and another suspect in the shooting, Tywin Marcell Bender, 17, bragging about shooting into a party crowd and hitting a little girl, according to the criminal complaint.
The Hennepin County attorney's office said in September it would seek to certify both as adults.
COURTNEY BLANCHARD
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