<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1Lw9f4_0wCTwkKQ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1Lw9f4_0wCTwkKQ00" width="1320" height="743" >SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — A 15-year-old and a 17-year-old are facing murder charges in connection to the death of Dayquan Wiley, 17.On Aug. 4,Springfield Police responded to a house in the 1800 block of 11th Street in regards to a shots fired call. Once on scene the police located Dayquan Wiley in a bedroom at the residence suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transferred to St. John's Hospital where he later died from his injuries.Seventeen-year-old Larryoun Taylor is charged as an adult and appeared in Sangamon County Court on Friday, for arraignment after being indicted by a Sangamon County grand jury. Taylor is charged with First Degree Murder and Home Invasion. He remains in custody. His next court appearance is Nov.12, 2024.A fifteen-year-old juvenile is also charged in connection with the murder of Dayquan Wiley. This juvenile was apprehended last week in Wisconsin by the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force and will be extradited back to Sangamon County.Because this second suspect is only fifteen years old he has been initially charged with First Degree Murder and Home Invasion in juvenile court.A Petition will be filed to transfer him to adult court. Under Illinois law, until juveniles reach the age of sixteen, transfer to adult court is not automatic, but rather permissive and a Petition to Transfer must initially be filed in juvenile court. Then after a hearing, the court will determine if the transfer is appropriate and then the case can be transferred to adult court.If the court finds that transfer is not appropriate then the case will remain in juvenile court.</div></body>

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Springfield teens facing murder charges in connection to shooting of 17-year-old

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — A 15-year-old and a 17-year-old are facing murder charges in connection to the death of Dayquan Wiley, 17. On Aug. 4,Springfield Police responded to a house in the 1800 block of 11th Street in regards to a shots fired call. Once on scene the police located Dayquan Wiley in a bedroom at the residence suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transferred to St. John's Hospital where he later died from his injuries.