State seeks adult charges for teen accused of killing Fairmont student

Ronnie Bowers

Ronnie Bowers

Prosecutors are asking that the case of a 17-year-old Kettering defendant accused of murder in the shooting death of a Fairmont High School student be transferred to adult court.

A motion filed this week seeks to have Kylen Jamal Gregory tried as an adult in the homicide of 16-year-old Ronnie Bowers last September.

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“The state requests that this court transfer Gregory immediately,” according to the document filed Wednesday in Montgomery County Juvenile Court.

The case has been considered in juvenile court, which has held hearings about transferring the case to adult court.

Witnesses have testified they saw Gregory fire a shot into a car driven by Bowers as the victim and others sought to flee a confrontation involving their two groups Sept. 4 on Willowdale Avenue in Kettering. Police said Bowers died two days later from injuries in the shooting, which was later ruled the city’s first gun-related homicide since 2007.

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The shooting occurred about 9 p.m. the Sunday of Labor Day weekend shortly after both groups left AlterFest, where the an ongoing dispute rekindled, according to court testimony.

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