4 indicted in death of Arizona teen Preston Lord

Four people have been indicted in the death of an Arizona 16-year-old who was found badly beaten outside of a Halloween party last year, authorities said.

Three teenagers and a 20-year-old man have been indicted in the death of an Arizona 16-year-old boy who was found badly beaten outside a Halloween party last year, the Maricopa County prosecutor said.

The beating of Preston Lord, 16, who died two days after he was found on a road in Queen Creek on Oct. 28, prompted calls for more police action against group violence by teenagers in that and other nearby cities.

“These four indictments are just the start,” Queen Creek Police Chief Randy Brice said at a news conference. He said the police department is still working to make more arrests.

The defendants — William Owen Hines, 18, and Dominic Turner, 20, as well as two 17-year-olds — are all charged with first-degree murder or, in the alternative, second-degree murder, as well as kidnapping, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said. Turner is also charged with robbery, she said.

All four indicted in Preston’s death are being charged as adults, Mitchell said. NBC News is not naming the 17-year-olds because they are minors.

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