[SPAN class=headline]Union Twp. Man Charged In Teen's Murder[/SPAN]
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Reported by: [A href="vny!://www.cincinow.com/wcpo/bios/"]Tom McKee, 9News[/A]
Web produced by: [A href="vny!://www.cincinow.com/wcpo/bios/"]Neil Relyea[/A]Photographed by: [A href="vny!://www.cincinow.com/wcpo/bios/"]9News[/A]First posted: 3/19/2006 9:20:30 PM
Last Updated: 3/20/2006 2:38:30 PM [/SPAN][!-- End By-Lines --] [SPAN class=bodytext][!-- ------------------- --][!-- ------------------- --][!-- Begin Story Content --][!-- ------------------- --][!-- ------------------- --]A Union Township man has been charged with murder after a fatal shooting in Clermont County Sunday afternoon. Police say the shooting victim was 15-year-old Larry Mugrage, a freshman at Glen Este High School. Charles Martin, 66, was taken into police custody at the scene. The shooting took place just after 3 p.m. in the [A href="vny!://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=800+Hawthorne+Dr,+Cincinnati,+OH+45245" target=_blank]800 block of Hawthorne Drive[/A] in Union Township, a street that doesn't have sidewalks. Witnesses say the teenager was shot because he stepped in Martin's yard as he was walking down the street. Police say Mugrage was shot twice with a shotgun. A neighbor rushed out to help the teen with CPR. The teen was transported to Mercy Anderson Hospital, but did not survive.
Martin's call to 911 [img height=13 alt="" src="vny!://www.cincinow.com/img/icons/trans_audioicon.gif" width=20 align=absMiddle border=0] [A href="vny!://www.wcpo.com/video/podcast/mp3/2006/03/noon_20060320_911tape.mp3" target=_blank]
Listen to Martin's 911 call[/A]
Martin: I just killed a kid.
Dispatcher: You just killed a kid?
Martin: Yes ma'am.
Dispatcher: Okay, what happened?
Martin: It's been going on for five years.
Dispatcher: What's going on?
Martin: I've been being harassed by him and his parents for five years. Today just blew it up.
Dispatcher: What is your name, sir?
Martin: Charles Martin.
Dispatcher: Okay, what happened, tell me what happened, Charles.
Martin: Kid's just been giving me a bunch of sh**, making the other kids harass me and my place, tearing things up.
Dispatcher: Okay, so what'd you do?
Martin: I shot him with a 410 shotgun twice.
Dispatcher: You shot him with a shotgun? Where is he?
Martin: He's laying in his yard.
More about Larry Mugrage 9News was told that Mugrage was a straight-A student, loved to play soccer and was well-liked by his neighbors. His parents, Larry and Anita Mugrage, were out of town in Marietta, Ohio, at a family reunion when the shooting occurred. A court appearance is set for Monday and the case is expected to be presented to a Clermont County grand jury on Wednesday. Police say Martin is retired from the Ford Motor Company. Police say he admitted to them that he shot the teen, but did not tell them why he did it. Martin has no prior record.
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Charles Martin, of Union Twp.(WCPO/WCPO.com)
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Witnesses say teen stepped into Martin's front yard(WCPO/WCPO.com)
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15-year-old shooting victim(WCPO/WCPO.com)
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