Man jailed in 14-year-old’s shooting death at Boise party

BOISE – A man has been arrested in the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl at a party last weekend and is being held on charges of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery, police said.

Kenneth Edward “Face” Elcock, 25, of Treasure Valley, was taken into custody without incident after 10 p.m. Wednesday, about two hours after police sought the aid of the public in finding him, Lt. Eugene Smith said.

“Our detectives were following up on leads, one of which led to that location,” Smith said.

Earlier, Capt. Gary Compton said witnesses had intentionally misled police in the investigation of the shooting death of April Buenrostro and the wounding of three others at the Whispering Pines apartments in the western part of town shortly after midnight early Saturday.

Compton would not discuss possible motives but said he didn’t believe that Buenrostro was targeted or that Elcock attended the party before shots were fired into an apartment window.

The girl, hit twice in the head and chest, died Saturday evening at a hospital.

A 15-year-old girl and a 28-year-old man, both from Boise, and a 30-year-old man from Garden City survived gunshot wounds and were being treated at a hospital.

Police have said the shooting followed an argument of an undisclosed nature outside the building between the shooter and one of the approximately 20 people who were at the party.