DATE: Friday, August 8, 1997                TAG: 9708080634

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SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 

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GRAND JURY INDICTS TEEN-AGER IN KILLING AT BASKETBALL COURT

A grand jury Thursday indicted Elliott Hill, a 15-year-old accused of killing another teen-ager in a dispute over a basketball game.

Hill, of the 2800 block of Shady Lane, will be tried as an adult. A trial date has been scheduled for Nov. 12.

Hill and his 23-year-old brother, Anthony Lamaine Hill, are charged with murder and use of a firearm in the June 15 shooting of 19-year-old Michael L. Hedge.

Hedge was shot several times with a 9 mm handgun on the basketball court behind Simonsdale Elementary School.

A witness has said two other people were with the suspects in a black car on the night of the shooting.

So far, police have made no other arrests.

Residents of the middle-class neighborhood located near a park and golf course were stunned by the crime.

Since the shooting, a neighborhood watch has begun, and meetings drawing residents from several surrounding communities have addressed safety in the recreational area at the school. KEYWORDS: INDICTMENT MURDER SHOOTING

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