Teen Charged in Fatal Fairfield Halloween Store Shooting

A 17-year-old was arrested in connection with a shooting at a Fairfield, California, Spirit Halloween store that killed Constance Hages and wounded six people, police said. The Solano County District Attorney’s Office has since charged the teenager and asked a judge to move the case to adult court; the request has not been decided. Fairfield police said the teenager was arrested Monday, Nov. 2, at a home in neighboring Suisun City. Investigators say the shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 at the store in Solano Town Center. Hages, 31, died at the scene. Police have not publicly identified the suspect, who is a minor. Prosecutors charged the teenager with two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon, and multiple gun enhancements, according to the district attorney’s office. The filing also includes a multiple-murder special-circumstance allegation and a prior violent-offense conviction classified as a strike. The charges are allegations, not findings of guilt. The district attorney’s office filed a petition seeking to transfer the case from juvenile court to adult criminal court. A judge must approve the...