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Detroit Teen Charged With Triple Murder in Killing of Mother, Son, Boyfriend

The family had just been visited by tragedy in October, when the child's grandmother was fatally shot on her porch.

A Detroit teen has been charged with gunning down a 5-year-old boy, his mother, and his mother’s boyfriend, according to The Detroit News, which identified the shooter as 16-year-old Malcolm Hardy. LaShon Marshall, 28, her boyfriend, Aaron Benson, 32, and Marshall’s son, Caleb Harris, 5, were killed last Sunday night in a robbery gone wrong. The family was visited by tragedy in October, when Marshall’s mother—Caleb’s grandmother—was fatally shot on her porch. Marshall’s cousin, Chanel Marshall-Sewell, said Hardy was an acquaintance of Benson’s. “A family member had gone to the home after not hearing from the victims for a couple of days,” Marshall-Sewell wrote on a GoFundMe page raising money for funeral expenses. “As a single mother to her son, she loved her son and would do anything for him. My sister and nephew's life was cut short. My nephew did not have a chance to live his life.” Hardy is set to be arraigned on Tuesday, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced.