Funeral to be held for 6-year-old killed in shooting

King Carter's family mourns first-grader who loved football

After a heartbreaking viewing on Friday, Santonio Carter was getting ready for a funeral. 

Six-year-old King, his son, was in a little white casket waiting for a burial about 2 p.m., Saturday. 

King died during a shooting related to a fight among teens on Facebook. His neighbor was the target. Before police arrested three suspects, King's dad used Facebook to share his grief: "I have never been cut so deep in my life ... there has got to be justice." 

Hundreds turned out to say good-bye to the Van. E. Blanton Elementary School first-grade student during a viewing at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and footballs made out of flowers surrounded King's casket. 

Miami-Dade County caught Tamar Teems, 16, Irwin Pressley, 17, and Leonard Adamas, 18, for their involvement in the Feb. 20 shooting at The Blue Lake Village apartment complex in Northwest Miami-Dade.

Leonard was injured and went to Jackson North Medical Center for treatment. Tamar was with him. Pressley was wearing a GPS ankle bracelet, because he was on probation for another crime, police said. 

Miami-Dade County police were still looking for a black 1999 Lexus GS300 with tinted windows and a fourth suspect. 

 


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