LANSING, Mich. — A 15-year-old has been charged as an adult with murder in the death of a Michigan election canvasser he is accused of shooting after asking the worker for a dollar.
Lansing police have not released any details around the circumstances of the shooting, but Lansing City Council at-large candidate Trini Lopez PehlivanogluLawson was knocking on doors for her campaign when he was shot. He later was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The other two teens are 15 and 17. A .22-caliber handgun was recovered in the home where the 15-year-old charged with murder was found. He denied being involved in the shooting, the affidavit said.