Teens Face Counts In Road Shootings

Item: Teens face charges in highway shootings: One bullet passed between driver and passenger; Friday gunfire closed State Highway 8 for several hours /David Johnson, Lewiston Tribune

More Info: Austin Blake Medlock and Austin James Rickert, both 14-year-old freshmen at Deary High School, allegedly used two .22-caliber rifles and a crossbow Friday afternoon to shoot at vehicles, according to court records. Several chip trucks and cars were struck, including one vehicle where a bullet reportedly went through the driver’s side headrest and passed between the driver and a passenger, according to a probable-cause affidavit filed in 2nd District Court here Monday. Handcuffed and shackled at the ankles, Medlock and Rickert appeared in juvenile court late Monday morning with their parents before Magistrate John Judge.

Question: Should the judge have released these boys into the custody of their parents?