Erie PA police are charging 15-year-old as an adult

Erie police have charged a 17-year-old boy in a July block party shooting that injured a 20-year-old, based on witness descriptions and eyewitness identification.

Based on new findings, the police are now accusing the 17-year-old’s 15-year-old relative of being the shooter.

The 15-year-old, Gilbert Rogers Jr., was charged Saturday with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and firing a weapon into an occupied building in the July 21 shooting, which police said occurred in the 400 block of East 24th Street during a large block party. He was charged as an adult under the Fisher Bill, a state law that allows juveniles accused of violent crimes to be charged as adults.

A 20-year-old man who told police he was shooting dice on the block was shot in the left elbow in the incident, causing severe damage to his arm, according to investigators. A vehicle and a house were also hit by gunfire, police reported.

Investigators initially charged 17-year-old Ra’Mere L. Rogers, who investigators said was Gilbert Rogers’ cousin, with the shooting. According to the criminal complaint filed against Ra’Mere on July 25, witnesses to the shooting gave police a description of the suspect.

A short time later, police were dispatched to another location in Erie after a woman reported that her son had received messages from people threatening to shoot up the woman’s home. Ra’Mere was present during the police encounter with the woman and his clothing and appearance were similar to descriptions of the shooter, according to the complaint’s probable cause affidavit.

Investigators also wrote that two witnesses to the shooting identified Ra’Mere as the shooter after being shown photo lineups.

New information leads to a 15-year-old suspect

Investigators wrote in the affidavit Gilbert Rogers submitted with his criminal complaint that after Ra’Mere was arrested, Ra’Mere told police that he had been at the block party with Gilbert but had left with another friend . Police also learned that Gilbert Ra’Mere reportedly said he “had to shoot” because he believed another person was reaching for a gun, investigators wrote in the affidavit.

Ra’Mere also told police that he and Gilbert bore a strong resemblance and he believed this similarity led to him being misidentified as a suspect. He also told police that Gilbert was wearing a hoodie and a ski mask at the time of the incident, according to the affidavit.

Police said they found surveillance video that supports Ra’Mere’s claim that he left the block party after the shooting. The video also showed Gilbert wearing clothing consistent with Ra’Mere’s description, according to the affidavit.

According to court records, Gilbert Rogers was lodged in the Erie County Jail on $250,000 bail following his arraignment Saturday. An attorney for him was not listed in his criminal file Monday.

Ra’Mere Rogers was charged in July with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other offenses in the shooting. Those charges remained as of Monday, according to court records.

Ra’Mere, who was released on unsecured bail but placed under electronic monitoring in early August, according to court records, was scheduled to appear in court for his preliminary hearing on Friday, but the hearing was continued.

Contact Tim Hahn at [email protected]. Follow him on X @ETNhahn.

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