15-year-old 'person of interest' in shooting of 16-year-old girl and her mother in custody

He was taken into custody "without further incident" Friday morning.

May 10, 2019, 8:14 AM

Police took a 15-year-old "person of interest" into custody Friday morning in the shooting of a 16-year-old girl and her mother at a Wisconsin home.

The teenage victim, identified as Kaylie Juga, died at the residence in Kenosha, some 40 miles south of Milwaukee. Her mother was taken to a local hospital in serious but stable condition, according to the Kenosha Police Department.

No one else was inside the home at the time.

The 15-year-old suspect was taken into custody Friday morning, police said, "without further incident" in Racine, Wisconsin. Police said they are not seeking other persons of interest.

Kenosha County Sheriff's tactical unit and the Kenosha and Pleasant Prairie, Wis., police responded to the scene of a shooting where a teen girl was killed on Thursday, May 9, 2019.
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Authorities believed for a time there was a standoff situation at the home, before later entering and finding the two victims, Milwaukee ABC affiliate WISN reported.

Detectives believe the boy, who police say had a relationship with Juga, fled the scene. Before being taken into custody, he was believed to be armed and considered dangerous, police said.