Teen pleads not guilty in Florida school bus shooting case

Author: Associated Press
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – A 16-year-old boy being charged as an adult for a shooting into a school bus that injured two girls has pleaded not guilty.

Edgar Robles is facing two counts of attempted murder and one count of shooting a deadly missile for the May 14 shooting in Jacksonville.

Police say Robles and two friends approached the school bus to confront some other boys and that Robles opened fire.

The Florida Times-Union (http://bit.ly/1GPFmJ9) reports that a bullet went through a girl’s cheeks. Another girl was hit in the back of the head. Both are recovering.

Robles was arrested in Liberty County, Georgia, on May 21.

Police say the two other teens are cooperating with the investigation.

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