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Man indicted on murder charge in shooting death of 15-year-old boy in Orlando

Agardo Francois, 30, faces 1st-degree murder charge

Agardo Francois, 30 (Orlando Police Department)

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A grand jury has accused a man of murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy last year in Orlando, according to the office of Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain.

Agardo Francois, 30, was indicted on Thursday, Bain’s office said on social media. He faces charges of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and conspiracy to possess a firearm by a convicted felon, the post states.

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The victim — who police identified as 15-year-old Destin Webster-Thompson, a sophomore at Dr. Phillips High School — died at a hospital after being shot in the head Oct. 30, 2023, in the area of The Villages on Millenia Boulevard apartments, police said.

Francois was arrested that December, more than a month after the fatal shooting, once Orlando Police Department investigators deemed him the primary suspect in Webster-Thompson’s death.

Francois has been detained pending trial, Bain’s office said. He’s scheduled to be in court for a pre-trial conference on March 26.


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