U.S. media are reporting that a Canadian diplomat's teenage son accused of involvement in a drug-related shootout that killed his older brother in Florida has been charged with first-degree murder.
Jean Wabafiyebazu, 17, was one of two people killed on March 30, after what police described as a drug deal gone wrong. (The Canadian Press)
The Miami Herald reports a grand jury has returned the indictment for 15-year-old Marc Wabafiyebazu.
The newspaper reports that Wabafiyebazu, who was being held in juvenile detention, will now be moved to an adult jail to await trial.
Wabafiyebazu's lawyer has said his client plans to plead not guilty to any charges in the case.
Wabafiyebazu was arrested after the shooting deaths of his 17-year-old brother, Jean, and 17-year-old Joshua Wright.
Police say the Wabafiyebazu brothers were involved in an alleged marijuana drug deal gone wrong.
The brothers' mother is Roxanne Dubé, a longtime Canadian diplomat who recently became consul general in Miami.
Investigators allege the brothers had gone to a home with the intention of stealing marijuana from a dealer. While the younger sibling waited with the car outside, the older teen went inside.
Several shots were fired inside the home, police allege, and Marc Wabafiyebazu rushed into the house but exactly what he did after that is not clear.
Officers who arrived at the scene found the older Wabafiyebazu and Wright dead inside.
Two other men, including Anthony Rodriguez, 19, the alleged dealer, were wounded and needed hospital treatment.
According to police reports, the Wabafiyebazu brothers — who had only recently relocated from their father's home in Ottawa to South Florida to be with their mother — took her personal vehicle with its diplomatic plates to the alleged drug meeting.
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