His mother, Darlene Frye, says he is a good student and is being scapegoated as revenge for a year-old rivalry with another teenager. She says her son is "not a monster."
A 15-year-old boy who police say ran from officers and threw a .380-caliber pistol under a parked car during the chaos that erupted after the shooting was also arrested.
He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, but is not charged with direct involvement in the shootings.
