A decision has been delayed on whether to try a teenager as an adult in connection with a shooting.
Samuel H. Dunn was arrested last month and accused of shooting two people at a party. He faces charges of first-degree burglary, first-degree attempted robbery, first-degree assault, second-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree.
On Monday in Clark County Juvenile Court, Dunn waived his right to a speedy trial, pushing back by three weeks a hearing to determine if the 15-year-old should be remanded to Superior Court.
Dunn, who has been in custody since Feb. 24, made his brief appearance alongside court-appointed defense attorney Michael Borge. He has no prior criminal history.
Dunn will turn 16 in August, the age at which juveniles charged with serious violent offenses are automatically remanded to adult court. Young felons convicted as adults can face longer imprisonment in more secure facilities than juveniles. Clark County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Rick Olson has requested Dunn be tried as an adult.
The allegations against Dunn stem from a Feb. 19 shooting at a home at 4213 N.E. 38th St. near the Bagley Downs neighborhood. Dunn was living in a nearby home, according to court documents.
In a probable cause affidavit filed by Detective Rick Buckner of the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Dunn was identified by “several sources” after the department put out a $1,000 award for information.
Buckner said Dunn waived his rights to remain silent and have an attorney present for a subsequent interview.
He told detectives he’d been walking by the house, saw that a party was going on, donned a mask and entered with a gun and a bag, according to Buckner.
“Dunn said that he threw the bag on the kitchen floor and told the people there to put their wallets in the bag,” Buckner wrote. “Dunn said that he didn’t think anyone heard him and he fired one shot in the wall toward the ceiling.”
Two people chased him out of the house.
“Dunn said that he shot four or five times at the male and female while he was in the driveway. Dunn said that he considered himself a good shot and purposely aimed low,” Buckner wrote.
Sarah Godfrey and Cory “Scott” Bloom, both 22, were hit. Godfrey “suffered a grazing wound to her leg” and Bloom “was shot through his left leg and right hip,” Buckner wrote.
The victims were treated at a local hospital.
Bloom is listed as the victim in the first-degree assault charge, while Godfrey is listed as the victim in the second-degree assault charge.
Deputies recovered five 9mm shell casings from the scene, Buckner wrote.
Dunn is scheduled to reappear before Superior Court Judge Edwin Poyfair on April 11.
