Not Guilty Plea For Teen Charged In Gas Station Murders
MIAMI (CBS4) – An attorney for a South Florida teen accused of shooting a young couple to death at a Miami Gardens gas entered a not guilty plea in court Monday.
Eric Ellington, 16, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 23-year-old Julian Soler and 24-year-old Kennia Duran. He is being held without bond.
Police say Ellington confessed to being one of the suspects who the couple at 12:38 on the morning of July 25th at a Mobil gas station just south of the Palmetto Expressway on NW 57th Ave.
Ellington did not appear in court on Monday. His next court date was set for September 21st.
Soler and Duran were both shot to death while gassing up Soler's 1997 Ford Mustand Cobra. They were ambushed, forced out of the car and shot. The shooting was captured on surveillance video from the store.
Police say Ellington named two of his accomplices and said his fingerprints were found on the victim's car.
Police are still searching for those two other suspects. There is a $10,000 reward in this case through Crime Stoppers.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471- TIPS (8477).
