Victim’s family reacts to charges against juvenile in Henderson Co. shooting

HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Authorities in Henderson County confirm a teen has been charged in a fatal Christmas Day shooting.

According to the sheriff’s department, the 15-year-old is charged with reckless homicide.

Investigators are saying the teen pointed a gun he thought was unloaded at the victim, 23-year-old Julius Gray.

He then pulled the trigger, hitting Gray in the head.

The shooting happened Sunday inside a home on Middleburg Road.

The family told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News they are not pleased with the charges filed against the juvenile.

“I don’t think that justice was served,” Rekia Gray, sister-in-law of Julius Gray, told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News by phone. “Yes, we have closure because my brother is in a better place, but justice —justice, no. Not at all.”

The juvenile is currently being held in the Jackson-Madison County Juvenile Detention Center and is expected to appear soon in juvenile court.