Teen Pleads Guilty to Shooting Gay Classmate
OXNARD, Calif.—Brandon McInerney, 17, has admitted in court to killing a gay classmate who he believed was flirting with him.
In 2008, McInerney, who was 14 at the time, smuggled a gun into E.O. Green Junior High School and shot 15-year-old Larry King in the head as he sat at a computer, reports the BBC. He could spend 21 years in jail.
King wore makeup and women’s attire to school – according to witnesses – and also taunted male students with comments like “I know you want me,” the Los Angeles Times reports. McInerney’s defense attorneys claim that McInerney was driven to shoot King because of taunts like these.
Teachers testified that they went to administrators about King’s feminine attire and taunting behavior, but their concerns were ignored.
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