8-year-old Boy Shoots Father, Co-Worker: Video

AP:

An 8-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his father and another man is set to appear in court Monday.

The boy is being charged as a minor with two counts of premeditated murder, but St. Johns police are hoping a judge will agree to try him as an adult, even though they say it's unlikely.

The boy's father, Vincent Romero, and a co-worker who rented a room from him were found dead inside Romero's home last week.

Police say the boy planned and methodically carried out the killings, and confessed to them.

But the boy's attorney, Benjamin Brewer, says police overreached in questioning the boy without representation from a parent or attorney and did not advise him of his rights.

St. Johns is a 4,000-person community 170 miles northeast of Phoenix.